Benkei raises his voice, 'Oh, it's strange! Over the sea from here is the Heike clan that was ruined at Saigoku,' to which Yoshitsune replies nonchalantly that he is not suprised the Heike clan might create a curse in this way, since they themselves sank into the ocean after many bad deeds.
弁慶が「あら不思議や海上を見れば、西国に滅びし平家の一門」と声をあげると、義経はいまさらおどろくことではないではないか、悪逆の限りをつくして海に沈んだ平家一門のことだ、たたりをするのはあたりまえだろうと平然といいはなつ。