< 2 karinthinaH 3 >
1 vayaM kim AtmaprazaMsanaM punarArabhAmahE? yuSmAn prati yuSmattO vA parESAM kESAnjcid ivAsmAkamapi kiM prazaMsApatrESu prayOjanam AstE?
2 yUyamEvAsmAkaM prazaMsApatraM taccAsmAkam antaHkaraNESu likhitaM sarvvamAnavaizca jnjEyaM paThanIyanjca|
3 yatO 'smAbhiH sEvitaM khrISTasya patraM yUyapEva, tacca na masyA kintvamarasyEzvarasyAtmanA likhitaM pASANapatrESu tannahi kintu kravyamayESu hRtpatrESu likhitamiti suspaSTaM|
4 khrISTEnEzvaraM pratyasmAkam IdRzO dRPhavizvAsO vidyatE;
5 vayaM nijaguNEna kimapi kalpayituM samarthA iti nahi kintvIzvarAdasmAkaM sAmarthyaM jAyatE|
6 tEna vayaM nUtananiyamasyArthatO 'kSarasaMsthAnasya tannahi kintvAtmana Eva sEvanasAmarthyaM prAptAH| akSarasaMsthAnaM mRtyujanakaM kintvAtmA jIvanadAyakaH|
7 akSarai rvilikhitapASANarUpiNI yA mRtyOH sEvA sA yadIdRk tEjasvinI jAtA yattasyAcirasthAyinastEjasaH kAraNAt mUsasO mukham isrAyElIyalOkaiH saMdraSTuM nAzakyata,
8 tarhyAtmanaH sEvA kiM tatO'pi bahutEjasvinI na bhavEt?
9 daNPajanikA sEvA yadi tEjOyuktA bhavEt tarhi puNyajanikA sEvA tatO'dhikaM bahutEjOyuktA bhaviSyati|
10 ubhayOstulanAyAM kRtAyAm EkasyAstEjO dvitIyAyAH prakharatarENa tEjasA hInatEjO bhavati|
11 yasmAd yat lOpanIyaM tad yadi tEjOyuktaM bhavEt tarhi yat cirasthAyi tad bahutaratEjOyuktamEva bhaviSyati|
12 IdRzIM pratyAzAM labdhvA vayaM mahatIM pragalbhatAM prakAzayAmaH|
13 isrAyElIyalOkA yat tasya lOpanIyasya tEjasaH zESaM na vilOkayEyustadarthaM mUsA yAdRg AvaraNEna svamukham AcchAdayat vayaM tAdRk na kurmmaH|
14 tESAM manAMsi kaThinIbhUtAni yatastESAM paThanasamayE sa purAtanO niyamastEnAvaraNEnAdyApi pracchannastiSThati|
15 tacca na dUrIbhavati yataH khrISTEnaiva tat lupyatE| mUsasaH zAstrasya pAThasamayE'dyApi tESAM manAMsi tEnAvaraNEna pracchAdyantE|
16 kintu prabhuM prati manasi parAvRttE tad AvaraNaM dUrIkAriSyatE|
17 yaH prabhuH sa Eva sa AtmA yatra ca prabhOrAtmA tatraiva muktiH|
18 vayanjca sarvvE'nAcchAditEnAsyEna prabhOstEjasaH pratibimbaM gRhlanta AtmasvarUpENa prabhunA rUpAntarIkRtA varddhamAnatEjOyuktAM tAmEva pratimUrttiM prApnumaH|
