Revelation 17
1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
tadanantaraṁ teṣāṁ saptakaṁsadhāriṇāṁ saptadūtānām eka āgatya māṁ sambhāṣyāvadat, atrāgaccha, medinyā narapatayo yayā veśyayā sārddhaṁ vyabhicārakarmma kṛtavantaḥ,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”
yasyā vyabhicāramadena ca pṛthivīnivāsino mattā abhavan tasyā bahutoyeṣūpaviṣṭāyā mahāveśyāyā daṇḍam ahaṁ tvāṁ darśayāmi|
3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
tato 'ham ātmanāviṣṭastena dūtena prāntaraṁ nītastatra nindānāmabhiḥ paripūrṇaṁ saptaśirobhi rdaśaśṛṅgaiśca viśiṣṭaṁ sindūravarṇaṁ paśumupaviṣṭā yoṣidekā mayā dṛṣṭā|
4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
sā nārī kṛṣṇalohitavarṇaṁ sindūravarṇañca paricchadaṁ dhārayati svarṇamaṇimuktābhiśca vibhūṣitāsti tasyāḥ kare ghṛṇārhadravyaiḥ svavyabhicārajātamalaiśca paripūrṇa ekaḥ suvarṇamayaḥ kaṁso vidyate|
5 And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
tasyā bhāle nigūḍhavākyamidaṁ pṛthivīsthaveśyānāṁ ghṛṇyakriyāṇāñca mātā mahābābiliti nāma likhitam āste|
6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
mama dṛṣṭigocarasthā sā nārī pavitralokānāṁ rudhireṇa yīśoḥ sākṣiṇāṁ rudhireṇa ca mattāsīt tasyā darśanāt mamātiśayam āścaryyajñānaṁ jātaṁ|
7 The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
tataḥ sa dūto mām avadat kutastavāścaryyajñānaṁ jāyate? asyā yoṣitastadvāhanasya saptaśirobhi rdaśaśṛṅgaiśca yuktasya paśośca nigūḍhabhāvam ahaṁ tvāṁ jñāpayāmi|
8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present. (Abyssos g12)
tvayā dṛṣṭo 'sau paśurāsīt nedānīṁ varttate kintu rasātalāt tenodetavyaṁ vināśaśca gantavyaḥ| tato yeṣāṁ nāmāni jagataḥ sṛṣṭikālam ārabhya jīvanapustake likhitāni na vidyante te pṛthivīnivāsino bhūtam avarttamānamupasthāsyantañca taṁ paśuṁ dṛṣṭvāścaryyaṁ maṁsyante| (Abyssos g12)
9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
atra jñānayuktayā buddhyā prakāśitavyaṁ| tāni saptaśirāṁsi tasyā yoṣita upaveśanasthānasvarūpāḥ saptagirayaḥ sapta rājānaśca santi|
10 They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
teṣāṁ pañca patitā ekaśca varttamānaḥ śeṣaścādyāpyanupasthitaḥ sa yadopasthāsyati tadāpi tenālpakālaṁ sthātavyaṁ|
11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
yaḥ paśurāsīt kintvidānīṁ na varttate sa evāṣṭamaḥ, sa saptānām eko 'sti vināśaṁ gamiṣyati ca|
12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
tvayā dṛṣṭāni daśaśṛṅgāṇyapi daśa rājānaḥ santiḥ, adyāpi tai rājyaṁ na prāptaṁ kintu muhūrttamekaṁ yāvat paśunā sārddhaṁ te rājāna iva prabhutvaṁ prāpsyanti|
13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
ta ekamantraṇā bhaviṣyanti svakīyaśaktiprabhāvau paśave dāsyanti ca|
14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
te meṣaśāvakena sārddhaṁ yotsyanti, kintu meṣaśāvakastān jeṣyati yataḥ sa prabhūnāṁ prabhū rājñāṁ rājā cāsti tasya saṅgino 'pyāhūtā abhirucitā viśvāsyāśca|
15 He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
aparaṁ sa mām avadat sā veśyā yatropaviśati tāni toyāni lokā janatā jātayo nānābhāṣāvādinaśca santi|
16 The ten horns which you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute, will make her desolate, will strip her naked, will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
tvayā dṛṣṭāni daśa śṛṅgāṇi paśuśceme tāṁ veśyām ṛtīyiṣyante dīnāṁ nagnāñca kariṣyanti tasyā māṁsāni bhokṣyante vahninā tāṁ dāhayiṣyanti ca|
17 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
yata īśvarasya vākyāni yāvat siddhiṁ na gamiṣyanti tāvad īśvarasya manogataṁ sādhayitum ekāṁ mantraṇāṁ kṛtvā tasmai paśave sveṣāṁ rājyaṁ dātuñca teṣāṁ manāṁsīśvareṇa pravarttitāni|
18 The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
aparaṁ tvayā dṛṣṭā yoṣit sā mahānagarī yā pṛthivyā rājñām upari rājatvaṁ kurute|
