Benkei's performance made the check station officials believe that no retainer would possibly beat his master with a stick, and Yoshitsune's party successfully passed through the check point.
『いくらなんでも杖で主君をぶつ者はこの世にいるはずが無い』と関の者たちにそう思わせることに成功し、一行は無事に関を越えることが出来た。