The Shinto priest pronounces Saishi (eulogy) mentioning achievements done by the departed in his or her lifetime and remembering his illustrious memory, and asks the departed to protect the surviving members of the family as one of the Sorei.
神職は祭詞を奏上し、故人の生前の業績を述べ遺徳をしのびつつ、祖霊となって遺族を守ってくれるよう願う。