1 = single line (I); 2 = double line (II). Eight marks: the first four are the right-hand leg, the last four the left-hand leg, each read top to bottom. In the 0/1 notation used in the scholarly literature, 1 here = 0 there and 2 here = 1 there.
The commentary prescribes ẹbọ to Ṣàngó and to Ọ̀rúnmìlà so that the client triumphs over enemies, and says that if the right ẹbọ are made the children of Òṣé will live to a ripe age provided they look after their health. It calls for strengthening spiritually and drawing closer to Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Ọbàtálá, and the ẹ̀wọ̀ it names is against high-handedness, which is what would cost the person the position the odù promises.
Òṣé is abundance created through prayer: the odù of good fortune, victory, fertility and the erotic, symbolically tied to fresh water. Its name is glossed as o ase, 'the spirit of the power', and the power in question is ọfọ̀ àṣẹ — the ability to have one's words heard — which is why the odù attributes its abundance to the right use of prayer rather than to effort. Ọ̀ṣun is the keeper of the mysteries of abundance in this odù, and in Yorubaland abundance is measured first in children. Its people are destined for honour and responsibility, often for initiation as Ọ̀ṣun's priest or priestess, and its failure mode is the pursuit of wealth at the cost of spirit.
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