Composed when the Bodhisattva had arrived in the bay, having come from southern India for the consecration of the Tōdaiji.
霊山の釈迦の御前に契りてし眞如朽ちせずあひ見つる哉
| riyauzen no siyaka no omaFe ni tigiritesi sin’nyo kutisezu aFimituru kana |
At Vulture Peak Before the Buddha Did we swear That truth has broken not, and Now we meet again! |
Major Archbishop Yukimoto