おのづから清き心に磨かれて
玉ときかくる法を知りぬる
玉ときかくる法を知りぬる
- Roma-ji
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Onozukara kiyoki kokoro ni migakarete tama toki kakuru nori o shirinuru
- English Translation
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Of itself polished
by a heart grown pure and clean,
I have come to know
the Law that unties the jewel
sewn in the lining of my robe.
- Meaning
- Polished of itself by a pure heart, I have come to know the Law that unties the jewel sewn within my robe.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 882
Headnote: "The chapter on the Five Hundred Disciples"
The topic is the chapter on the prophecy for the Five Hundred Disciples, which tells the parable of the jewel in the robe: a man fell asleep drunk, and his friend sewed a precious jewel into the lining of his robe, but he lived in poverty unaware of it until he was told. The jewel is the Buddha-nature all people possess from the first. Polished of itself by a pure heart, I have come to know the Law that unties the jewel in the robe, the poet says.
First line, “onozukara”: of itself.
Second line, “kiyoki kokoro ni”: by a pure heart.
Third line, “migakarete”: being polished, related to the jewel.
Fourth line, “tama toki kakuru”: untying the jewel hung within the robe, drawing on the parable.
Fifth line, “nori o shirinuru”: I have come to know the Law, closing in the attributive with a sigh.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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