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The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Osaleesun
Osa lee arun
Adifa fun olukoso
laalu banbi arigba ota segun
igba tinbe laarin ota ebo wonin ose osirubo eropo ero ofa ebanin laru segun.
Osa wanrin wanrin
Wan un kan kan
Adifa fun sawe roro
Eni tin batala sota
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Fun eleyi kobo
Sango kole baa segun
Ota kan ree
totobi ju eleyi lo
korubo yio segun re.
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
akuko adire, oti
Aofi bo sango
Epo, Eko, Agbado, Owo.
Epo
Eko
Agbado
Owo.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Irosun rororo
Adifa kinsowon
ti somo orisa igbatinbe larin ota
Pete Pete
Peure adifa fun orunmila
Baba nbe laarin ota
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ota feleyi
ebo nin keleyi oru
Ifa pere isegun ota fun eleyi, ifa pe ebo in kose
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Obi meji ati
Oti
Epo,
Eko,
Agbado, Owo.
Epo
Eko
Agbado,
Owo.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Irusu rororo
Adifa fun oda yun man baba
tin sawo lode ijebu
ebon wonin ose osirubo
eropo ero ofa ebanin bola ba peregede
Parakun
Nin ofi bi poolo poolojanan
Adifa fun olorire tintorun bowaye
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa pere aje fun eleyi
lati orun leleyi tiyan orire waye
ebo nin koman ru
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Epo
Eko
Agbado
Owo.
Epo
Eko
Oyin
Agbado
Owo.
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Olo segbin senun
Adifa fatare
Tin somo iya oburo
Igba tin fomin oju sogbere ire
Efo mandi
Yan rogbo
Afairo ojo
Adifa fori san min
Ti ojo ye olu oko min
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa pere fun eleyii pe ori re lo un la eleyi pe korubo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Epo
Eko
Agbado
Owo.
Epo
Eko
Efo tete
Agbado
owo.
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
Aofi ewure bofa
ao wa gbe orire
sinun igba olomori kan
ao ko ewe alupaida ogun ati eyokan le lori
ao sadura si
ao tapo le lori
ao de pada
ao lo bo manle ninun igbo.
Oga gbigbe kan opolopo eeso olowerenjeje odidi atare kan ao jopo ao man fi epo pupa la sun lale lale.
Explore Ifa
Osa Irosun is one of the 256 sacred Odu Ifa — the corpus of divination verses that form the foundation of the Yoruba oracle system. Each Odu contains multiple Ese (verses) alongside their Ase (spiritual power), Ebo (sacrifice), and Akose (alchemical remedies).
This Odu is also known as: Ifa Osa Irosun. Understanding all its names helps in recognizing it across different Ifa lineages and traditions.
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Osa Meji, Osa Ogbe, Osa Oyeku, Osa Iwori.
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