ⅠtadA tatsamIpaM bahavo lokA AyAtA atasteSAM bhojyadravyAbhAvAd yIzuH ziSyAnAhUya jagAda,|
Ⅱlokanivahe mama kRpA jAyate te dinatrayaM mayA sArddhaM santi teSAM bhojyaM kimapi nAsti|
ⅢteSAM madhye'neke dUrAd AgatAH, abhukteSu teSu mayA svagRhamabhiprahiteSu te pathi klamiSyanti|
ⅣziSyA avAdiSuH, etAvato lokAn tarpayitum atra prantare pUpAn prAptuM kena zakyate?
ⅤtataH sa tAn papraccha yuSmAkaM kati pUpAH santi? te'kathayan sapta|
ⅥtataH sa tAllokAn bhuvi samupaveSTum Adizya tAn sapta pUpAn dhRtvA IzvaraguNAn anukIrttayAmAsa, bhaMktvA pariveSayituM ziSyAn prati dadau, tataste lokebhyaH pariveSayAmAsuH|
ⅦtathA teSAM samIpe ye kSudramatsyA Asan tAnapyAdAya IzvaraguNAn saMkIrtya pariveSayitum AdiSTavAn|
Ⅷtato lokA bhuktvA tRptiM gatA avaziSTakhAdyaiH pUrNAH saptaDallakA gRhItAzca|
Ⅸete bhoktAraH prAyazcatuH sahasrapuruSA Asan tataH sa tAn visasarja|
Ⅹatha sa ziSyaH saha nAvamAruhya dalmAnUthAsImAmAgataH|
ⅪtataH paraM phirUzina Agatya tena saha vivadamAnAstasya parIkSArtham AkAzIyacihnaM draSTuM yAcitavantaH|
ⅫtadA so'ntardIrghaM nizvasyAkathayat, ete vidyamAnanarAH kutazcinhaM mRgayante? yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM bravImi lokAnetAn kimapi cihnaM na darzayiSyate|
ⅩⅢatha tAn hitvA puna rnAvam Aruhya pAramagAt|
ⅩⅣetarhi ziSyaiH pUpeSu vismRteSu nAvi teSAM sannidhau pUpa ekaeva sthitaH|
ⅩⅤtadAnIM yIzustAn AdiSTavAn phirUzinAM herodazca kiNvaM prati satarkAH sAvadhAnAzca bhavata|
ⅩⅥtataste'nyonyaM vivecanaM kartum Arebhire, asmAkaM sannidhau pUpo nAstIti hetoridaM kathayati|
ⅩⅦtad budvvA yIzustebhyo'kathayat yuSmAkaM sthAne pUpAbhAvAt kuta itthaM vitarkayatha? yUyaM kimadyApi kimapi na jAnItha? boddhuJca na zaknutha? yAvadadya kiM yuSmAkaM manAMsi kaThinAni santi?
ⅩⅧsatsu netreSu kiM na pazyatha? satsu karNeSu kiM na zRNutha? na smaratha ca?
ⅩⅨyadAhaM paJcapUpAn paJcasahasrANAM puruSANAM madhye bhaMktvA dattavAn tadAnIM yUyam avaziSTapUpaiH pUrNAn kati DallakAn gRhItavantaH? te'kathayan dvAdazaDallakAn|
ⅩⅩaparaJca yadA catuHsahasrANAM puruSANAM madhye pUpAn bhaMktvAdadAM tadA yUyam atiriktapUpAnAM kati DallakAn gRhItavantaH? te kathayAmAsuH saptaDallakAn|
ⅩⅪtadA sa kathitavAn tarhi yUyam adhunApi kuto bodvvuM na zaknutha?
ⅩⅫanantaraM tasmin baitsaidAnagare prApte lokA andhamekaM naraM tatsamIpamAnIya taM spraSTuM taM prArthayAJcakrire|
ⅩⅩⅢtadA tasyAndhasya karau gRhItvA nagarAd bahirdezaM taM nItavAn; tannetre niSThIvaM dattvA tadgAtre hastAvarpayitvA taM papraccha, kimapi pazyasi?
ⅩⅩⅣsa netre unmIlya jagAda, vRkSavat manujAn gacchato nirIkSe|
ⅩⅩⅤtato yIzuH punastasya nayanayo rhastAvarpayitvA tasya netre unmIlayAmAsa; tasmAt sa svastho bhUtvA spaSTarUpaM sarvvalokAn dadarza|
ⅩⅩⅥtataH paraM tvaM grAmaM mA gaccha grAmasthaM kamapi ca kimapyanuktvA nijagRhaM yAhItyAdizya yIzustaM nijagRhaM prahitavAn|
ⅩⅩⅦanantaraM ziSyaiH sahito yIzuH kaisarIyAphilipipuraM jagAma, pathi gacchan tAnapRcchat ko'ham atra lokAH kiM vadanti?
ⅩⅩⅧte pratyUcuH tvAM yohanaM majjakaM vadanti kintu kepi kepi eliyaM vadanti; apare kepi kepi bhaviSyadvAdinAm eko jana iti vadanti|
ⅩⅩⅨatha sa tAnapRcchat kintu koham? ityatra yUyaM kiM vadatha? tadA pitaraH pratyavadat bhavAn abhiSiktastrAtA|
ⅩⅩⅩtataH sa tAn gADhamAdizad yUyaM mama kathA kasmaicidapi mA kathayata|
ⅩⅩⅪmanuSyaputreNAvazyaM bahavo yAtanA bhoktavyAH prAcInalokaiH pradhAnayAjakairadhyApakaizca sa ninditaH san ghAtayiSyate tRtIyadine utthAsyati ca, yIzuH ziSyAnupadeSTumArabhya kathAmimAM spaSTamAcaSTa|
ⅩⅩⅫtasmAt pitarastasya hastau dhRtvA taM tarjjitavAn|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢkintu sa mukhaM parAvartya ziSyagaNaM nirIkSya pitaraM tarjayitvAvAdId dUrIbhava vighnakArin IzvarIyakAryyAdapi manuSyakAryyaM tubhyaM rocatatarAM|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣatha sa lokAn ziSyAMzcAhUya jagAda yaH kazcin mAmanugantum icchati sa AtmAnaM dAmyatu, svakruzaM gRhItvA matpazcAd AyAtu|
ⅩⅩⅩⅤyato yaH kazcit svaprANaM rakSitumicchati sa taM hArayiSyati, kintu yaH kazcin madarthaM susaMvAdArthaJca prANaM hArayati sa taM rakSiSyati|
ⅩⅩⅩⅥaparaJca manujaH sarvvaM jagat prApya yadi svaprANaM hArayati tarhi tasya ko lAbhaH?
ⅩⅩⅩⅦnaraH svaprANavinimayena kiM dAtuM zaknoti?
ⅩⅩⅩⅧeteSAM vyabhicAriNAM pApinAJca lokAnAM sAkSAd yadi kopi mAM matkathAJca lajjAspadaM jAnAti tarhi manujaputro yadA dharmmadUtaiH saha pituH prabhAveNAgamiSyati tadA sopi taM lajjAspadaM jJAsyati|