The great god refused again to listen to the imperial edict, but Kiyomaro together with Yosome, received the great god's oracle that said, 'the reign of the Sun should be taken over by the Imperial family line, and illegitimate persons should be thoroughly swept away' ("Hachimanusa gotakusenshu").
大神は再度宣命を訊くことを拒むが、清麻呂は与曽女とともに大神の神託、「天の日継は必ず帝の氏を継がしめむ。無道の人は宜しく早く掃い除くべし」（『八幡宇佐御託宣集』）