Saiyō Harae — Concise Words of Purification

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Declaring the solemn words of norito

Declaring the solemn words of norito

Takamanohara ni kamuzumari masu sumeragamutsukamurogikamuromi no mikotomochite高天原に神留り坐す皇親神漏岐神漏美の命以ちて

Amatsu norito no futonoritogoto o nore天つ祝詞の太祝詞事を宣れ

Removing and cleansing transgression

Kakunora ba tsumi to iu tsumiaraji to如此宣らば罪と云ふ罪在らじと

Harai tamai kiyome tamau koto no yoshi o祓ひ賜ひ清め賜ふ事の由を

Asking the kami to hear

Moromoro no kamitachitairakeku yasukeku kikoshi mese to mōsu諸の神等平けく安けく聞し食せと白す

TranslationDeclaring the solemn words of norito

Includes interpretation

By the command of the ancestral kami who dwell in Takamanohara, the solemn words of the heavenly norito are declared.

Editorial note

Sumeraga mutsu Kamurogi Kamurobi and Futo Noritogoto allow more than one interpretation. This rendering states only the invocation-and-declaration structure shared with the Ōharae tradition.

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About Saiyō Harae — Concise Words of Purification

Overview

A concise purification prayer distilling central invocations and formulas of the Great Purification, declaring the great ritual words, removing transgressions, and asking the many kami to hear.

Structure
3sections
Japanese text
77characters
Notes
3notes

Purposes

  • To proclaim the great ritual words
  • To purify transgressions completely
  • To ask the many kami to hear the prayer

Deities and subjects

The heavenly and earthly kami and the myriad kami
Are asked to attend to and hear the words of purification

Background

Transmitted in early-modern manuscripts and printed with full reading glosses in 1891, the prayer compresses the Great Purification’s long mythic movement into declaration, purification, and divine hearing.

Flow of the text

Across 3 sections, the text moves from “Declaring the solemn words of norito” to “Asking the kami to hear.”

What to know before reading

  • Three sections proclaim the great ritual words, remove transgressions, and ask the kami to hear.

  • Sume-mutsu kamurogi kamuro-mi and futonoritogoto are ritual terms with more than one interpretation.

  • Although it shares phrases with the Great Purification, it should be read as an independent concise composition.

Saiyō Harae — Concise Words of Purification

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