Gosho 宿屋入道再御状 Second Letter to the Lay Priest Yadoya

宿屋入道再御状

Second Letter to the lay priest Yadoya

文永五年九月　四十七歳御作

September 1265. 47 years old

　　京都市本圀寺所有　The possession of Honkokuji Temple in Kyoto.

去(い)ぬる八月の比(ころ)、愚(ぐ)札(さつ)を進ぜしむるの後、今月に至るも是非(ぜひ)に付け返報を給(たま)はらず、欝(うつ)念(ねん)散(さん)じ難(がた)し。

Around August, after having sent a letter to you, I am not receiving an answer about right or wrong to this month either, so I cannot clear the melancholy.

怱々(そうそう)の故に想(そう)亡(もう)せしむるか。軽(けい)略(りゃく)せらるゝの故に此の一行を慳(おし)むか。

As you are busy, are you forgetting it? Because you downplay this, do you not take an action?

本文に云はく「師子(しし)は少(しょう)兎(と)を蔑(あなど)らず大象(だいぞう)を畏(おそ)れず」等云云(うんぬん)。

The sutra says, ‘the lion is not afraid of a big elephant without making light of a small rabbit’.

若(も)し又(また)万一他国の兵この国を襲ふ事出来(しゅったい)せば、知りて奏(そう)せざるの失(とが)、偏(ひとえ)に貴(き)辺(へん)に懸(かか)るべし。

The fault to know it, and not to report to a ruler falls on you entirely if the soldier of other countries attacked this country by any chance.

仏法を学ぶの法は身命(しんみょう)を捨て国恩を報ぜんが為なり。

The reason to learn Law of Buddha is to abandon life, and to repay to the affection of the country.

全く自身の為(ため)に非(あら)ず。

It is not for the sake of myself at all.

本文に云(い)はく「雨を見て竜を知り蓮(はちす)を見て池を知る」等云云。

The sutra says, "You watch rain and understand the dragon, and watch a lotus and should understand the pond".

災難急を見る故に度々(たびたび)之(これ)を驚かす。

Because a crisis is sudden, I am surprising everybody many times.

用ひざるに而(しか)も之を諌(いさ)む。強　（以下欠損）

Though this is not used, I remonstrate, besides. Strong... [following sentences are missing.]

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