翻刻
【左丁】
信州夕顔観音堂記
菩薩憫念衆生故逐類隨縁無処不赴応現
色身常為不請之友或示相木石或現形□【虫偏に卯】
蜊以種種方便力令彼諸邪見者摂邪帰正
若有堕苦険者一心称名太得解脱於戯菩
薩悲願広大哉寧人而不可信敬乎信州高
遠樹林寺者保科弾正忠之所建也堂内安
置観音大士尊像以夕顔名此像者捜其所
【欄外朱字】純曰、之字可刪 由総州之刧有寺名樹林適遇鬱攸変而
寺堂并大士尊像倶灰燼一夕民家有感霊
夢即寺故基倐生瓠苗一茎既而引蔓成瓠
瓜民家扱瓜割看内有大士尊像儼然如初
現代語訳
【左丁】
信州夕顔観音堂記
菩薩は衆生を憫れむ故に、類に逐い縁に随って赴かない処はなく、色身を応現して常に請われざる友となる。あるいは木石に相を示し、あるいは蛤に形を現して、種々の方便力を以て、かの諸々の邪見者をして邪を摂して正に帰らしめる。もし苦険に堕ちる者あれば、一心に称名すれば太いに解脱を得ん。ああ、菩薩の悲願広大なるかな。寧ろ人にして信敬すべからざることあろうか。
信州高遠の樹林寺は、保科弾正忠の建てる所なり。堂内に観音大士の尊像を安置し、夕顔を以てこの像に名づく。この像の由来を捜ると、総州の劫にある寺で樹林と名づくるものがあり、たまたま火災の変に遇って寺堂并びに大士の尊像ともに灰燼となった。ある夜、民家に霊夢の感があり、すなわち寺の故基に忽ち瓠の苗一茎が生じた。やがて蔓を引いて瓠瓜となった。民家でその瓜を扱って割り見ると、内に大士の尊像が儼然として初めのごとくあった。
【欄外朱字】純曰く、「之」字は削るべし
英語訳
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Record of the Yūgao Kannon Hall in Shinshū
The Bodhisattva, out of compassion for all sentient beings, follows their various forms and responds to their circumstances, going wherever needed and manifesting physical forms to serve as an unrequested friend. Sometimes showing signs in wood and stone, sometimes appearing in the form of clams, through various skillful means the Bodhisattva causes those with wrong views to abandon evil and return to righteousness. If there are those who fall into suffering and danger, by single-mindedly reciting the name they can greatly attain liberation. Ah, how vast is the Bodhisattva's compassionate vow! How could people not believe in and revere this?
The Jurinji Temple in Takato, Shinshū Province, was built by Hoshina Danjō-chū. In the hall is enshrined a sacred image of Kannon Daishi, which is named Yūgao (Evening Glory). Searching for the origins of this image, there was a temple called Jurinji in Sōshū Province during a time of calamity. It happened to encounter the disaster of fire, and both the temple hall and the sacred image of Daishi were reduced to ashes. One night, a family had a spiritual dream, and suddenly on the former temple site a single stem of bottle gourd sprouted. Eventually it grew vines and bore gourds. When the family handled and split open the gourd, inside was the sacred image of Daishi, exactly as it had been originally.
[Marginal note in red] Jun says: The character "之" should be deleted.