The Record of Crown Prince Bojildo of Odaesan in Myeongju溟州五臺山寶叱徒太子傳記
1Two princes slip away into the mountain
溟州〔古河西府也.〕五䑓山寳叱徒太子傳記.新羅淨神太子寳叱徒與弟孝明太子到河西府世獻角干家一宿,翌日踰大嶺各領一千人到省烏坪累日逰翫,太和元年八月五日兄弟同隠入五䑓山.徒中侍衛䓁推覔不得,並皆還國.
The record of Crown Prince Bojildo of Odaesan in Myeongju.〔This is the old Haseo-bu.〕
The Silla crown prince Jeongsin (淨神太子), Bojildo (寶叱徒), together with his younger brother Crown Prince Hyomyeong (孝明太子), came to the house of the gakgan Seheon in Haseo-bu and stayed one night.
The next day they crossed Daeryeong (大嶺), each leading a thousand men, came to Seongopyeong, and roamed there for several days.
In the first year of Taihe (太和), on the fifth day of the eighth month, the brothers hid themselves together in Odaesan.
The attendants among their followers searched but could not find them, and all returned to the capital.
Interlinear notes 1
古河西府也.
This is the old Haseo-bu (河西府).
2Each weaves a hermitage where blue lotuses bloomed
兄太子見中䑓南下真如院下山末青蓮開,其地結草菴而居.弟孝明見北䑓南山末青蓮開,亦結草菴而居.兄弟二人禮念修行,五䑓進敬禮拜.
The elder prince saw blue lotuses bloom on the mountain slope below Jinyeowon (眞如院), south and below the Central Terrace (中臺), and wove a grass hermitage on that ground and lived there.
The younger, Hyomyeong, saw blue lotuses bloom on the mountain slope south of the North Terrace (北臺), and also wove a grass hermitage and lived there.
The two brothers practiced with reverent recitation, and went to the five terraces (臺) to pay homage with devotion.
3Those who dwell on the five terraces
青在東䑓滿月形山觀音真身一萬常住,南䑓騏麟山八大菩薩爲首一萬地藏菩薩常住,白方西䑓長嶺山無量壽如来爲首一萬大勢至菩薩常住,黒掌北䑓相王山釋迦如来爲首五百大阿羅漢常住,黄䖏中䑓風爐山亦名地爐山毗盧遮那爲首一萬文殊常住,真如院地文殊大聖每日寅朝化現三十六形〔三十六形見䑓山五萬真身傳.〕.
Blue is the East Terrace, Manwolhyeongsan, where ten thousand true bodies of Avalokitesvara always dwell; On the South Terrace, Girinsan, ten thousand bodhisattva Ksitigarbhas with the eight great bodhisattvas at their head always dwell; White is the West Terrace, Jangnyeongsan, where ten thousand bodhisattva Mahasthamapraptas with the Tathagata Amitayus at their head always dwell; Black is the North Terrace, Sangwangsan, where five hundred great arhats with the Tathagata Shakyamuni at their head always dwell; Yellow is the Central Terrace, Pungnosan, also called Jirosan, where ten thousand Manjusris with Vairocana at their head always dwell.
At the site of Jinyeowon the great sage Manjusri appears every day at dawn in thirty-six forms.〔The thirty-six forms are seen in the Record of the Fifty Thousand True Bodies of Daesan.〕
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三十六形見䑓山五萬真身傳.
The thirty-six forms are seen in the Record of the Fifty Thousand True Bodies of Daesan.
4Only the younger returns and ascends the throne
两太子並禮拜,每日早朝汲于洞水煎茶供養一萬真身文殊.淨神太子弟副君在新羅争位誅滅.國人遣将軍四人到五䑓山,孝明太子前呼萬歳,即是有五色雲自五䑓至新羅七日七夜浮光.國人尋光到五䑓,欲陪两太子還國.寳叱徒太子涕泣不歸,陪孝明太子歸國即位.在位二十餘年.神龍元年三月八日始開真如院〔云云.〕.寳叱徒太子常服于洞霊水,肉身登空到流沙江,入蔚珎大國掌天窟修道,還至五䑓神聖窟五十年修道〔云云.〕.五䑓山是白頭山之根脉各䑓真身常住〔云云.〕.
The two princes paid homage side by side, and every day in the early morning they drew water from the valley, brewed tea, and made offerings to the ten thousand true bodies of Manjusri.
The younger brother of Crown Prince Jeongsin, the bugun (副君), contended for the throne in Silla and was put to death.
The people of the country sent four generals to Odaesan, and they shouted 'Long live the king' before Crown Prince Hyomyeong. At this, five-colored clouds floated as light from Odaesan all the way to Silla for seven days and seven nights.
The people of the country followed the light to Odaesan and sought to escort the two princes back to the country.
Crown Prince Bojildo wept and would not return. They escorted Crown Prince Hyomyeong alone back to the country, and he ascended the throne; he was on the throne for more than twenty years.
In the first year of Shenlong (神龍), on the eighth day of the third month, Jinyeowon was first opened.
Crown Prince Bojildo always drank the divine water of the valley; his living body rose into the sky and reached the Yusa River (流沙江), and he entered Jangcheon Cave (掌天窟) in the great country of Uljin and cultivated the Way, then returned to Sinseong Cave (神聖窟) on Odaesan and cultivated the Way for fifty years.
Odaesan is the root vein of Baekdusan, and on each terrace the true bodies always dwell.