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Ⅰ anantaraM yIzuH punarapi dRSTAntEna tAn avAdIt,
Ⅱ svargIyarAjyam EtAdRzasya nRpatEH samaM, yO nija putraM vivAhayan sarvvAn nimantritAn AnEtuM dAsEyAn prahitavAn,
Ⅲ kintu tE samAgantuM nESTavantaH|
Ⅳ tatO rAjA punarapi dAsAnanyAn ityuktvA prESayAmAsa, nimantritAn vadata, pazyata, mama bhEjyamAsAditamAstE, nijavTaSAdipuSTajantUn mArayitvA sarvvaM khAdyadravyamAsAditavAn, yUyaM vivAhamAgacchata|
Ⅴ tathapi tE tucchIkRtya kEcit nijakSEtraM kEcid vANijyaM prati svasvamArgENa calitavantaH|
Ⅵ anyE lOkAstasya dAsEyAn dhRtvA daurAtmyaM vyavahRtya tAnavadhiSuH|
Ⅶ anantaraM sa nRpatistAM vArttAM zrutvA krudhyan sainyAni prahitya tAn ghAtakAn hatvA tESAM nagaraM dAhayAmAsa|
Ⅷ tataH sa nijadAsEyAn babhASE, vivAhIyaM bhOjyamAsAditamAstE, kintu nimantritA janA ayOgyAH|
Ⅸ tasmAd yUyaM rAjamArgaM gatvA yAvatO manujAn pazyata, tAvataEva vivAhIyabhOjyAya nimantrayata|
Ⅹ tadA tE dAsEyA rAjamArgaM gatvA bhadrAn abhadrAn vA yAvatO janAn dadRzuH, tAvataEva saMgRhyAnayan; tatO'bhyAgatamanujai rvivAhagRham apUryyata|
Ⅺ tadAnIM sa rAjA sarvvAnabhyAgatAn draSTum abhyantaramAgatavAn; tadA tatra vivAhIyavasanahInamEkaM janaM vIkSya taM jagAd,
Ⅻ hE mitra,tvaM vivAhIyavasanaM vinA kathamatra praviSTavAn? tEna sa niruttarO babhUva|
ⅩⅢ tadA rAjA nijAnucarAn avadat, Etasya karacaraNAn baddhA yatra rOdanaM dantairdantagharSaNanjca bhavati, tatra vahirbhUtatamisrE taM nikSipata|
ⅩⅣ itthaM bahava AhUtA alpE manObhimatAH|
ⅩⅤ anantaraM phirUzinaH pragatya yathA saMlApEna tam unmAthE pAtayEyustathA mantrayitvA
ⅩⅥ hErOdIyamanujaiH sAkaM nijaziSyagaNEna taM prati kathayAmAsuH, hE gurO, bhavAn satyaH satyamIzvarIyamArgamupadizati, kamapi mAnuSaM nAnurudhyatE, kamapi nApEkSatE ca, tad vayaM jAnImaH|
ⅩⅦ ataH kaisarabhUpAya karO'smAkaM dAtavyO na vA? atra bhavatA kiM budhyatE? tad asmAn vadatu|
ⅩⅧ tatO yIzustESAM khalatAM vijnjAya kathitavAn, rE kapaTinaH yuyaM kutO mAM parikSadhvE?
ⅩⅨ tatkaradAnasya mudrAM mAM darzayata| tadAnIM taistasya samIpaM mudrAcaturthabhAga AnItE
ⅩⅩ sa tAn papraccha, atra kasyEyaM mUrtti rnAma cAstE? tE jagaduH, kaisarabhUpasya|
ⅩⅪ tataH sa uktavAna, kaisarasya yat tat kaisarAya datta, Izvarasya yat tad IzvarAya datta|
ⅩⅫ iti vAkyaM nizamya tE vismayaM vijnjAya taM vihAya calitavantaH|
ⅩⅩⅢ tasminnahani sidUkinO'rthAt zmazAnAt nOtthAsyantIti vAkyaM yE vadanti, tE yIzEाrantikam Agatya papracchuH,
ⅩⅩⅣ hE gurO, kazcinmanujazcEt niHsantAnaH san prANAn tyajati, tarhi tasya bhrAtA tasya jAyAM vyuhya bhrAtuH santAnam utpAdayiSyatIti mUsA AdiSTavAn|
ⅩⅩⅤ kintvasmAkamatra kE'pi janAH saptasahOdarA Asan, tESAM jyESTha EkAM kanyAM vyavahAt, aparaM prANatyAgakAlE svayaM niHsantAnaH san tAM striyaM svabhrAtari samarpitavAn,
ⅩⅩⅥ tatO dvitIyAdisaptamAntAzca tathaiva cakruH|
ⅩⅩⅦ zESE sApI nArI mamAra|
ⅩⅩⅧ mRtAnAm utthAnasamayE tESAM saptAnAM madhyE sA nArI kasya bhAryyA bhaviSyati? yasmAt sarvvaEva tAM vyavahan|
ⅩⅩⅨ tatO yIzuH pratyavAdIt, yUyaM dharmmapustakam IzvarIyAM zaktinjca na vijnjAya bhrAntimantaH|
ⅩⅩⅩ utthAnaprAptA lOkA na vivahanti, na ca vAcA dIyantE, kintvIzvarasya svargasthadUtAnAM sadRzA bhavanti|
ⅩⅩⅪ aparaM mRtAnAmutthAnamadhi yuSmAn pratIyamIzvarOktiH,
ⅩⅩⅫ "ahamibrAhIma Izvara ishAka IzvarO yAkUba Izvara" iti kiM yuSmAbhi rnApAThi? kintvIzvarO jIvatAm Izvara:, sa mRtAnAmIzvarO nahi|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ iti zrutvA sarvvE lOkAstasyOpadEzAd vismayaM gatAH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ anantaraM sidUkinAm niruttaratvavArtAM nizamya phirUzina Ekatra militavantaH,
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ tESAmEkO vyavasthApakO yIzuM parIkSituM papaccha,
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ hE gurO vyavasthAzAstramadhyE kAjnjA zrESThA?
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ tatO yIzuruvAca, tvaM sarvvAntaHkaraNaiH sarvvaprANaiH sarvvacittaizca sAkaM prabhau paramEzvarE prIyasva,
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ ESA prathamamahAjnjA| tasyAH sadRzI dvitIyAjnjaiSA,
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ tava samIpavAsini svAtmanIva prEma kuru|
ⅩⅬ anayO rdvayOrAjnjayOH kRtsnavyavasthAyA bhaviSyadvaktRgranthasya ca bhArastiSThati|
ⅩⅬⅠ anantaraM phirUzinAm Ekatra sthitikAlE yIzustAn papraccha,
ⅩⅬⅡ khrISTamadhi yuSmAkaM kIdRgbOdhO jAyatE? sa kasya santAnaH? tatastE pratyavadan, dAyUdaH santAnaH|
ⅩⅬⅢ tadA sa uktavAn, tarhi dAyUd katham AtmAdhiSThAnEna taM prabhuM vadati ?
ⅩⅬⅣ yathA mama prabhumidaM vAkyamavadat paramEzvaraH| tavArIn pAdapIThaM tE yAvannahi karOmyahaM| tAvat kAlaM madIyE tvaM dakSapArzva upAviza| atO yadi dAyUd taM prabhuM vadati, rtiha sa kathaM tasya santAnO bhavati?
ⅩⅬⅤ tadAnIM tESAM kOpi tadvAkyasya kimapyuttaraM dAtuM nAzaknOt;
ⅩⅬⅥ taddinamArabhya taM kimapi vAkyaM praSTuM kasyApi sAhasO nAbhavat|