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Ⅰ tadAnIM rAjA hErOd yIzO ryazaH zrutvA nijadAsEyAn jagAd,
Ⅱ ESa majjayitA yOhan, pramitEbhayastasyOtthAnAt tEnEtthamadbhutaM karmma prakAzyatE|
Ⅲ purA hErOd nijabhrAtu: philipO jAyAyA hErOdIyAyA anurOdhAd yOhanaM dhArayitvA baddhA kArAyAM sthApitavAn|
Ⅳ yatO yOhan uktavAn, EtsayAH saMgrahO bhavatO nOcitaH|
Ⅴ tasmAt nRpatistaM hantumicchannapi lOkEbhyO vibhayAnjcakAra; yataH sarvvE yOhanaM bhaviSyadvAdinaM mEnirE|
Ⅵ kintu hErOdO janmAhIyamaha upasthitE hErOdIyAyA duhitA tESAM samakSaM nRtitvA hErOdamaprINyat|
Ⅶ tasmAt bhUpatiH zapathaM kurvvan iti pratyajnjAsIt, tvayA yad yAcyatE, tadEvAhaM dAsyAmi|
Ⅷ sA kumArI svIyamAtuH zikSAM labdhA babhASE, majjayituryOhana uttamAggaM bhAjanE samAnIya mahyaM vizrANaya|
Ⅸ tatO rAjA zuzOca, kintu bhOjanAyOpavizatAM sagginAM svakRtazapathasya cAnurOdhAt tat pradAtuma AdidEza|
Ⅹ pazcAt kArAM prati naraM prahitya yOhana uttamAggaM chittvA
Ⅺ tat bhAjana AnAyya tasyai kumAryyai vyazrANayat, tataH sA svajananyAH samIpaM tanninAya|
Ⅻ pazcAt yOhanaH ziSyA Agatya kAyaM nItvA zmazAnE sthApayAmAsustatO yIzOH sannidhiM vrajitvA tadvArttAM babhASirE|
ⅩⅢ anantaraM yIzuriti nizabhya nAvA nirjanasthAnam EkAkI gatavAn, pazcAt mAnavAstat zrutvA nAnAnagarEbhya Agatya padaistatpazcAd IyuH|
ⅩⅣ tadAnIM yIzu rbahirAgatya mahAntaM jananivahaM nirIkSya tESu kAruNikaH man tESAM pIPitajanAn nirAmayAn cakAra|
ⅩⅤ tataH paraM sandhyAyAM ziSyAstadantikamAgatya kathayAnjcakruH, idaM nirjanasthAnaM vElApyavasannA; tasmAt manujAn svasvagrAmaM gantuM svArthaM bhakSyANi krEtunjca bhavAn tAn visRjatu|
ⅩⅥ kintu yIzustAnavAdIt, tESAM gamanE prayOjanaM nAsti, yUyamEva tAn bhOjayata|
ⅩⅦ tadA tE pratyavadan, asmAkamatra pUpapanjcakaM mInadvayanjcAstE|
ⅩⅧ tadAnIM tEnOktaM tAni madantikamAnayata|
ⅩⅨ anantaraM sa manujAn yavasOparyyupavESTum AjnjApayAmAsa; apara tat pUpapanjcakaM mInadvayanjca gRhlan svargaM prati nirIkSyEzvarIyaguNAn anUdya bhaMktvA ziSyEbhyO dattavAn, ziSyAzca lOkEbhyO daduH|
ⅩⅩ tataH sarvvE bhuktvA paritRptavantaH, tatastadavaziSTabhakSyaiH pUrNAn dvAdazaPalakAn gRhItavantaH|
ⅩⅪ tE bhOktAraH strIrbAlakAMzca vihAya prAyENa panjca sahasrANi pumAMsa Asan|
ⅩⅫ tadanantaraM yIzu rlOkAnAM visarjanakAlE ziSyAn taraNimArOPhuM svAgrE pAraM yAtunjca gAPhamAdiSTavAn|
ⅩⅩⅢ tatO lOkESu visRSTESu sa viviktE prArthayituM girimEkaM gatvA sandhyAM yAvat tatraikAkI sthitavAn|
ⅩⅩⅣ kintu tadAnIM sammukhavAtatvAt saritpatE rmadhyE taraggaistaraNirdOlAyamAnAbhavat|
ⅩⅩⅤ tadA sa yAminyAzcaturthapraharE padbhyAM vrajan tESAmantikaM gatavAn|
ⅩⅩⅥ kintu ziSyAstaM sAgarOpari vrajantaM vilOkya samudvignA jagaduH, ESa bhUta iti zagkamAnA uccaiH zabdAyAnjcakrirE ca|
ⅩⅩⅦ tadaiva yIzustAnavadat, susthirA bhavata, mA bhaiSTa, ESO'ham|
ⅩⅩⅧ tataH pitara ityuktavAn, hE prabhO, yadi bhavAnEva, tarhi mAM bhavatsamIpaM yAtumAjnjApayatu|
ⅩⅩⅨ tataH tEnAdiSTaH pitarastaraNitO'varuhya yIzEाrantikaM prAptuM tOyOpari vavrAja|
ⅩⅩⅩ kintu pracaNPaM pavanaM vilOkya bhayAt tOyE maMktum ArEbhE, tasmAd uccaiH zabdAyamAnaH kathitavAn, hE prabhO, mAmavatu|
ⅩⅩⅪ yIzustatkSaNAt karaM prasAryya taM dharan uktavAn, ha stOkapratyayin tvaM kutaH samazEthAH?
ⅩⅩⅫ anantaraM tayOstaraNimArUPhayOH pavanO nivavRtE|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ tadAnIM yE taraNyAmAsan, ta Agatya taM praNabhya kathitavantaH, yathArthastvamEvEzvarasutaH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ anantaraM pAraM prApya tE ginESarannAmakaM nagaramupatasthuH,
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ tadA tatratyA janA yIzuM paricIya taddEzsya caturdizO vArttAM prahitya yatra yAvantaH pIPitA Asan, tAvataEva tadantikamAnayAmAsuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ aparaM tadIyavasanasya granthimAtraM spraSTuM vinIya yAvantO janAstat sparzaM cakrirE, tE sarvvaEva nirAmayA babhUvuH|