Luke 14
1 When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
anantaraṁ viśrāmavāre yīśau pradhānasya phirūśino gṛhe bhoktuṁ gatavati te taṁ vīkṣitum ārebhire|
2 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
tadā jalodarī tasya sammukhe sthitaḥ|
3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
tataḥ sa vyavasthāpakān phirūśinaśca papraccha, viśrāmavāre svāsthyaṁ karttavyaṁ na vā? tataste kimapi na pratyūcuḥ|
4 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
tadā sa taṁ rogiṇaṁ svasthaṁ kṛtvā visasarja;
5 He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
tānuvāca ca yuṣmākaṁ kasyacid garddabho vṛṣabho vā ced gartte patati tarhi viśrāmavāre tatkṣaṇaṁ sa kiṁ taṁ notthāpayiṣyati?
6 They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
tataste kathāyā etasyāḥ kimapi prativaktuṁ na śekuḥ|
7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
aparañca pradhānasthānamanonītatvakaraṇaṁ vilokya sa nimantritān etadupadeśakathāṁ jagāda,
8 “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
tvaṁ vivāhādibhojyeṣu nimantritaḥ san pradhānasthāne mopāvekṣīḥ| tvatto gauravānvitanimantritajana āyāte
9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
nimantrayitāgatya manuṣyāyaitasmai sthānaṁ dehīti vākyaṁ ced vakṣyati tarhi tvaṁ saṅkucito bhūtvā sthāna itarasmin upaveṣṭum udyaṁsyasi|
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
asmāt kāraṇādeva tvaṁ nimantrito gatvā'pradhānasthāna upaviśa, tato nimantrayitāgatya vadiṣyati, he bandho proccasthānaṁ gatvopaviśa, tathā sati bhojanopaviṣṭānāṁ sakalānāṁ sākṣāt tvaṁ mānyo bhaviṣyasi|
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
yaḥ kaścit svamunnamayati sa namayiṣyate, kintu yaḥ kaścit svaṁ namayati sa unnamayiṣyate|
12 He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
tadā sa nimantrayitāraṁ janamapi jagāda, madhyāhne rātrau vā bhojye kṛte nijabandhugaṇo vā bhrātṛgaṇo vā jñātigaṇo vā dhanigaṇo vā samīpavāsigaṇo vā etān na nimantraya, tathā kṛte cet te tvāṁ nimantrayiṣyanti, tarhi pariśodho bhaviṣyati|
13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
kintu yadā bhejyaṁ karoṣi tadā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān nimantraya,
14 and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
tata āśiṣaṁ lapsyase, teṣu pariśodhaṁ karttumaśaknuvatsu śmaśānāddhārmmikānāmutthānakāle tvaṁ phalāṁ lapsyase|
15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
anantaraṁ tāṁ kathāṁ niśamya bhojanopaviṣṭaḥ kaścit kathayāmāsa, yo jana īśvarasya rājye bhoktuṁ lapsyate saeva dhanyaḥ|
16 But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
tataḥ sa uvāca, kaścit jano rātrau bhejyaṁ kṛtvā bahūn nimantrayāmāsa|
17 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
tato bhojanasamaye nimantritalokān āhvātuṁ dāsadvārā kathayāmāsa, khadyadravyāṇi sarvvāṇi samāsāditāni santi, yūyamāgacchata|
18 They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
kintu te sarvva ekaikaṁ chalaṁ kṛtvā kṣamāṁ prārthayāñcakrire| prathamo janaḥ kathayāmāsa, kṣetramekaṁ krītavānahaṁ tadeva draṣṭuṁ mayā gantavyam, ataeva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivedaya|
19 “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
anyo janaḥ kathayāmāsa, daśavṛṣānahaṁ krītavān tān parīkṣituṁ yāmi tasmādeva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivedaya|
20 “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
aparaḥ kathayāmāsa, vyūḍhavānahaṁ tasmāt kāraṇād yātuṁ na śaknomi|
21 “That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
paścāt sa dāso gatvā nijaprabhoḥ sākṣāt sarvvavṛttāntaṁ nivedayāmāsa, tatosau gṛhapatiḥ kupitvā svadāsaṁ vyājahāra, tvaṁ satvaraṁ nagarasya sanniveśān mārgāṁśca gatvā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān atrānaya|
22 “The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
tato dāso'vadat, he prabho bhavata ājñānusāreṇākriyata tathāpi sthānamasti|
23 “The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
tadā prabhuḥ puna rdāsāyākathayat, rājapathān vṛkṣamūlāni ca yātvā madīyagṛhapūraṇārthaṁ lokānāgantuṁ pravarttaya|
24 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi, pūrvvanimantritānamekopi mamāsya rātribhojyasyāsvādaṁ na prāpsyati|
25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
anantaraṁ bahuṣu lokeṣu yīśoḥ paścād vrajiteṣu satsu sa vyāghuṭya tebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa,
26 “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
yaḥ kaścin mama samīpam āgatya svasya mātā pitā patnī santānā bhrātaro bhagimyo nijaprāṇāśca, etebhyaḥ sarvvebhyo mayyadhikaṁ prema na karoti, sa mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
27 Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
yaḥ kaścit svīyaṁ kruśaṁ vahan mama paścānna gacchati, sopi mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
durganirmmāṇe kativyayo bhaviṣyati, tathā tasya samāptikaraṇārthaṁ sampattirasti na vā, prathamamupaviśya etanna gaṇayati, yuṣmākaṁ madhya etādṛśaḥ kosti?
29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
noced bhittiṁ kṛtvā śeṣe yadi samāpayituṁ na śakṣyati,
30 saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
tarhi mānuṣoyaṁ nicetum ārabhata samāpayituṁ nāśaknot, iti vyāhṛtya sarvve tamupahasiṣyanti|
31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
aparañca bhinnabhūpatinā saha yuddhaṁ karttum udyamya daśasahasrāṇi sainyāni gṛhītvā viṁśatisahasreḥ sainyaiḥ sahitasya samīpavāsinaḥ sammukhaṁ yātuṁ śakṣyāmi na veti prathamaṁ upaviśya na vicārayati etādṛśo bhūmipatiḥ kaḥ?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
yadi na śaknoti tarhi ripāvatidūre tiṣṭhati sati nijadūtaṁ preṣya sandhiṁ karttuṁ prārthayeta|
33 So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
tadvad yuṣmākaṁ madhye yaḥ kaścin madarthaṁ sarvvasvaṁ hātuṁ na śaknoti sa mama śiṣyo bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
34 “Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
lavaṇam uttamam iti satyaṁ, kintu yadi lavaṇasya lavaṇatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaṁ svāduyuktaṁ bhaviṣyati?
35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
tada bhūmyartham ālavālarāśyarthamapi bhadraṁ na bhavati; lokāstad bahiḥ kṣipanti|yasya śrotuṁ śrotre staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
