Its outline is as follows: 'the emperor (Emperor Konin in concrete) ordered me to take the faculty of Imperial Sun Succession (Amatsuhitsugi) to the Imperial Throne (Takamikura) according to the law that Emperor Tenchi conceived and established for the first time.
その大意は「天皇（具体的には光仁天皇）が天日嗣高座の業を天智天皇の初め定める法に従って受けよと自分に命じた。