1 karinthinaH 13

1 martyasvargIyANAM bhASA bhASamANO'haM yadi prEmahInO bhavEyaM tarhi vAdakatAlasvarUpO ninAdakAribhErIsvarUpazca bhavAmi|

2 aparanjca yadyaham IzvarIyAdEzAPhyaH syAM sarvvANi guptavAkyAni sarvvavidyAnjca jAnIyAM pUrNavizvAsaH san zailAn sthAnAntarIkarttuM zaknuyAnjca kintu yadi prEmahInO bhavEyaM tarhyagaNanIya Eva bhavAmi|

3 aparaM yadyaham annadAnEna sarvvasvaM tyajEyaM dAhanAya svazarIraM samarpayEyanjca kintu yadi prEmahInO bhavEyaM tarhi tatsarvvaM madarthaM niSphalaM bhavati|

4 prEma cirasahiSNu hitaiSi ca, prEma nirdvESam azaThaM nirgarvvanjca|

5 aparaM tat kutsitaM nAcarati, AtmacESTAM na kurutE sahasA na krudhyati parAniSTaM na cintayati,

6 adharmmE na tuSyati satya Eva santuSyati|

7 tat sarvvaM titikSatE sarvvatra vizvasiti sarvvatra bhadraM pratIkSatE sarvvaM sahatE ca|

8 prEmnO lOpaH kadApi na bhaviSyati, IzvarIyAdEzakathanaM lOpsyatE parabhASAbhASaNaM nivarttiSyatE jnjAnamapi lOpaM yAsyati|

9 yatO'smAkaM jnjAnaM khaNPamAtram IzvarIyAdEzakathanamapi khaNPamAtraM|

10 kintvasmAsu siddhatAM gatESu tAni khaNPamAtrANi lOpaM yAsyantE|

11 bAlyakAlE'haM bAla ivAbhASE bAla ivAcintayanjca kintu yauvanE jAtE tatsarvvaM bAlyAcaraNaM parityaktavAn|

12 idAnIm abhramadhyEnAspaSTaM darzanam asmAbhi rlabhyatE kintu tadA sAkSAt darzanaM lapsyatE| adhunA mama jnjAnam alpiSThaM kintu tadAhaM yathAvagamyastathaivAvagatO bhaviSyAmi|

13 idAnIM pratyayaH pratyAzA prEma ca trINyEtAni tiSThanti tESAM madhyE ca prEma zrESThaM|