Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 79, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
オホ ワタ マリ イムナ カム ナガラ カム アマ ヒト タマ
カム マリ ハヒ タマ ハヒ オキナ サキ ミチ カム ミチ カム ナガラ
マノ スベ オキ アマツ イマ ウミ ヒト ウツシ
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Transliteration
Oho Wata Mari — Imuna — Kamunagara — Kamu Ama — Hito Tama — Kamu Mari — Hahi Tama Hahi — Okina Saki Michi — Kamu Michi — Kamunagara — Ma no Sube — Oki Amatsu — Ima Umi — Hito Utsushi
Literal Gloss
Oho Wata Mari: the great sea / great water-body rounds and gathers into a core. Imuna: a ritually set or inner name that contains and binds the fire-water operation. Kamunagara Kamu Ama Hito Tama: by the law/nature of the latent realm, latent heavenly water connects with the human spirit-core. Kamu Mari / Hahi Tama Hahi: the latent field gathers, then the spirit-core creeps or spreads outward. Okina Saki Michi / Kamu Michi: the deep/inner name opens a forward path, the path of Kamu. Ma no Sube: the means or governance of the true center. Oki Amatsu / Ima Umi / Hito Utsushi: deep heavenly fire-water manifests into the present sea and is reflected into the human being.
Interpretive English
The waters of the great sea gather and round themselves into a spirit-core. An inner, ritually held name is established, giving the fire-water operation a vessel. In accordance with Kamunagara, the latent heavenly waters pass into the human spirit-core. The latent field gathers, and from that center the spirit-core spreads outward. The deep name opens the path ahead: the path of Kamu. Through the ordering principle of the true center, the deep heavenly fire-water appears in the sea of the present moment and is finally reflected into the human being. This is an interpretive rendering within the TENMON kotodama framework; it does not claim historical-etymological proof.
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