まづ御きやうさくあるべし。
Stop and consider.
念仏実に往生すべき証文つよくば、此の十二年が間、念仏者無間地獄と申すをば、いかなるところへ申しいだしてもつめずして候べきか、
If the passages of proof offered to support the claim that the Nembutsu does in truth lead to rebirth in the Pure Land were reliable, then in the past twelve years during which I have been asserting that Nembutsu believers will fall into the hell of incessant suffering, would they have consistently failed to reproach me, though I spoke out everywhere possible?
よくよくゆはき事なり。
They are indeed feeble!
つづくContinued
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