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Ⅰ hE pitRgaNA hE bhrAtRgaNAH, idAnIM mama nivEdanE samavadhatta|
Ⅱ tadA sa ibrIyabhASayA kathAM kathayatIti zrutvA sarvvE lOkA atIva niHzabdA santO'tiSThan|
Ⅲ pazcAt sO'kathayad ahaM yihUdIya iti nizcayaH kilikiyAdEzasya tArSanagaraM mama janmabhUmiH,EtannagarIyasya gamilIyElanAmnO'dhyApakasya ziSyO bhUtvA pUrvvapuruSANAM vidhivyavasthAnusArENa sampUrNarUpENa zikSitO'bhavam idAnIntanA yUyaM yAdRzA bhavatha tAdRzO'hamapIzvarasEvAyAm udyOgI jAtaH|
Ⅳ matamEtad dviSTvA tadgrAhinArIpuruSAn kArAyAM baddhvA tESAM prANanAzaparyyantAM vipakSatAm akaravam|
Ⅴ mahAyAjakaH sabhAsadaH prAcInalOkAzca mamaitasyAH kathAyAH pramANaM dAtuM zaknuvanti, yasmAt tESAM samIpAd dammESakanagaranivAsibhrAtRgaNArtham AjnjApatrANi gRhItvA yE tatra sthitAstAn daNPayituM yirUzAlamam AnayanArthaM dammESakanagaraM gatOsmi|
Ⅵ kintu gacchan tannagarasya samIpaM prAptavAn tadA dvitIyapraharavElAyAM satyAm akasmAd gagaNAnnirgatya mahatI dIpti rmama caturdizi prakAzitavatI|
Ⅶ tatO mayi bhUmauै patitE sati, hE zaula hE zaula kutO mAM tAPayasi? mAmprati bhASita EtAdRza EkO ravOpi mayA zrutaH|
Ⅷ tadAhaM pratyavadaM, hE prabhE kO bhavAn? tataH sO'vAdIt yaM tvaM tAPayasi sa nAsaratIyO yIzurahaM|
Ⅸ mama sagginO lOkAstAM dIptiM dRSTvA bhiyaM prAptAH, kintu mAmpratyuditaM tadvAkyaM tEे nAbudhyanta|
Ⅹ tataH paraM pRSTavAnahaM, hE prabhO mayA kiM karttavyaM? tataH prabhurakathayat, utthAya dammESakanagaraM yAhi tvayA yadyat karttavyaM nirUpitamAstE tat tatra tvaM jnjApayiSyasE|
Ⅺ anantaraM tasyAH kharataradIptEH kAraNAt kimapi na dRSTvA saggigaNEna dhRtahastaH san dammESakanagaraM vrajitavAn|
Ⅻ tannagaranivAsinAM sarvvESAM yihUdIyAnAM mAnyO vyavasthAnusArENa bhaktazca hanAnIyanAmA mAnava EkO
ⅩⅢ mama sannidhim Etya tiSThan akathayat, hE bhrAtaH zaula sudRSTi rbhava tasmin daNPE'haM samyak taM dRSTavAn|
ⅩⅣ tataH sa mahyaM kathitavAn yathA tvam IzvarasyAbhiprAyaM vEtsi tasya zuddhasattvajanasya darzanaM prApya tasya zrImukhasya vAkyaM zRNOSi tannimittam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSANAm IzvarastvAM manOnItaM kRtavAnaM|
ⅩⅤ yatO yadyad adrAkSIrazrauSIzca sarvvESAM mAnavAnAM samIpE tvaM tESAM sAkSI bhaviSyasi|
ⅩⅥ ataEva kutO vilambasE? prabhO rnAmnA prArthya nijapApaprakSAlanArthaM majjanAya samuttiSTha|
ⅩⅦ tataH paraM yirUzAlamnagaraM pratyAgatya mandirE'ham EkadA prArthayE, tasmin samayE'ham abhibhUtaH san prabhUM sAkSAt pazyan,
ⅩⅧ tvaM tvarayA yirUzAlamaH pratiSThasva yatO lOkAmayi tava sAkSyaM na grahISyanti, mAmpratyuditaM tasyEdaM vAkyam azrauSam|
ⅩⅨ tatOhaM pratyavAdiSam hE prabhO pratibhajanabhavanaM tvayi vizvAsinO lOkAn baddhvA prahRtavAn,
ⅩⅩ tathA tava sAkSiNaH stiphAnasya raktapAtanasamayE tasya vinAzaM sammanya sannidhau tiSThan hantRlOkAnAM vAsAMsi rakSitavAn, Etat tE viduH|
ⅩⅪ tataH sO'kathayat pratiSThasva tvAM dUrasthabhinnadEzIyAnAM samIpaM prESayiSyE|
ⅩⅫ tadA lOkA EtAvatparyyantAM tadIyAM kathAM zrutvA prOccairakathayan, EnaM bhUmaNPalAd dUrIkuruta, EtAdRzajanasya jIvanaM nOcitam|
ⅩⅩⅢ ityuccaiH kathayitvA vasanAni parityajya gagaNaM prati dhUlIrakSipan
ⅩⅩⅣ tataH sahasrasEnApatiH paulaM durgAbhyantara nEtuM samAdizat| Etasya pratikUlAH santO lOkAH kinnimittam EtAvaduccaiHsvaram akurvvan, Etad vEttuM taM kazayA prahRtya tasya parIkSAM karttumAdizat|
ⅩⅩⅤ padAtayazcarmmanirmmitarajjubhistasya bandhanaM karttumudyatAstAstadAnIM paulaH sammukhasthitaM zatasEnApatim uktavAn daNPAjnjAyAm aprAptAyAM kiM rOmilOkaM praharttuM yuSmAkam adhikArOsti?
ⅩⅩⅥ EnAM kathAM zrutvA sa sahasrasEnApatEH sannidhiM gatvA tAM vArttAmavadat sa rOmilOka EtasmAt sAvadhAnaH san karmma kuru|
ⅩⅩⅦ tasmAt sahasrasEnApati rgatvA tamaprAkSIt tvaM kiM rOmilOkaH? iti mAM brUhi| sO'kathayat satyam|
ⅩⅩⅧ tataH sahasrasEnApatiH kathitavAn bahudraviNaM dattvAhaM tat paurasakhyaM prAptavAn; kintu paulaH kathitavAn ahaM janunA tat prAptO'smi|
ⅩⅩⅨ itthaM sati yE prahArENa taM parIkSituM samudyatA Asan tE tasya samIpAt prAtiSThanta; sahasrasEnApatistaM rOmilOkaM vijnjAya svayaM yat tasya bandhanam akArSIt tatkAraNAd abibhEt|
ⅩⅩⅩ yihUdIyalOkAH paulaM kutO'pavadantE tasya vRttAntaM jnjAtuM vAnjchan sahasrasEnApatiH parE'hani paulaM bandhanAt mOcayitvA pradhAnayAjakAn mahAsabhAyAH sarvvalOkAzca samupasthAtum Adizya tESAM sannidhau paulam avarOhya sthApitavAn|