< mArkaH 15 >
1 atha prabhAtE sati pradhAnayAjakAH prAnjca upAdhyAyAH sarvvE mantriNazca sabhAM kRtvA yIzuM bandhayitva pIlAtAkhyasya dEzAdhipatEH savidhaM nItvA samarpayAmAsuH|
2 tadA pIlAtastaM pRSTavAn tvaM kiM yihUdIyalOkAnAM rAjA? tataH sa pratyuktavAn satyaM vadasi|
3 aparaM pradhAnayAjakAstasya bahuSu vAkyESu dOSamArOpayAnjcakruH kintu sa kimapi na pratyuvAca|
4 tadAnIM pIlAtastaM punaH papraccha tvaM kiM nOttarayasi? pazyaitE tvadviruddhaM katiSu sAdhyESu sAkSaM dadati|
5 kantu yIzustadApi nOttaraM dadau tataH pIlAta AzcaryyaM jagAma|
6 aparanjca kArAbaddhE kastiMzcit janE tanmahOtsavakAlE lOkai ryAcitE dEzAdhipatistaM mOcayati|
7 yE ca pUrvvamupaplavamakArSurupaplavE vadhamapi kRtavantastESAM madhyE tadAnOM barabbAnAmaka EkO baddha AsIt|
8 atO hEtOH pUrvvAparIyAM rItikathAM kathayitvA lOkA uccairuvantaH pIlAtasya samakSaM nivEdayAmAsuH|
9 tadA pIlAtastAnAcakhyau tarhi kiM yihUdIyAnAM rAjAnaM mOcayiSyAmi? yuSmAbhiH kimiSyatE?
10 yataH pradhAnayAjakA IrSyAta Eva yIzuM samArpayanniti sa vivEda|
11 kintu yathA barabbAM mOcayati tathA prArthayituM pradhAnayAjakA lOkAn pravarttayAmAsuH|
12 atha pIlAtaH punaH pRSTavAn tarhi yaM yihUdIyAnAM rAjEti vadatha tasya kiM kariSyAmi yuSmAbhiH kimiSyatE?
13 tadA tE punarapi prOccaiH prOcustaM kruzE vEdhaya|
14 tasmAt pIlAtaH kathitavAn kutaH? sa kiM kukarmma kRtavAn? kintu tE punazca ruvantO vyAjahrustaM kruzE vEdhaya|
15 tadA pIlAtaH sarvvAllOkAn tOSayitumicchan barabbAM mOcayitvA yIzuM kazAbhiH prahRtya kruzE vEddhuM taM samarpayAmbabhUva|
16 anantaraM sainyagaNO'TTAlikAm arthAd adhipatE rgRhaM yIzuM nItvA sEnAnivahaM samAhuyat|
17 pazcAt tE taM dhUmalavarNavastraM paridhApya kaNTakamukuTaM racayitvA zirasi samArOpya
18 hE yihUdIyAnAM rAjan namaskAra ityuktvA taM namaskarttAmArEbhirE|
19 tasyOttamAggE vEtrAghAtaM cakrustadgAtrE niSThIvanjca nicikSipuH, tathA tasya sammukhE jAnupAtaM praNOmuH
20 itthamupahasya dhUmravarNavastram uttAryya tasya vastraM taM paryyadhApayan kruzE vEddhuM bahirninyuzca|
21 tataH paraM sEkandarasya ruphasya ca pitA zimOnnAmA kurINIyalOka EkaH kutazcid grAmAdEtya pathi yAti taM tE yIzOH kruzaM vOPhuM balAd dadhnuH|
22 atha gulgaltA arthAt ziraHkapAlanAmakaM sthAnaM yIzumAnIya
23 tE gandharasamizritaM drAkSArasaM pAtuM tasmai daduH kintu sa na jagrAha|
24 tasmin kruzE viddhE sati tESAmEkaikazaH kiM prApsyatIti nirNayAya
25 tasya paridhEyAnAM vibhAgArthaM guTikApAtaM cakruH|
26 aparam ESa yihUdIyAnAM rAjEti likhitaM dOSapatraM tasya ziraUrdvvam ArOpayAnjcakruH|
27 tasya vAmadakSiNayO rdvau caurau kruzayO rvividhAtE|
28 tEnaiva "aparAdhijanaiH sArddhaM sa gaNitO bhaviSyati," iti zAstrOktaM vacanaM siddhamabhUta|
29 anantaraM mArgE yE yE lOkA gamanAgamanE cakrustE sarvva Eva zirAMsyAndOlya nindantO jagaduH, rE mandiranAzaka rE dinatrayamadhyE tannirmmAyaka,
30 adhunAtmAnam avitvA kruzAdavarOha|
31 kinjca pradhAnayAjakA adhyApakAzca tadvat tiraskRtya parasparaM cacakSirE ESa parAnAvat kintu svamavituM na zaknOti|
32 yadIsrAyElO rAjAbhiSiktastrAtA bhavati tarhyadhunaina kruzAdavarOhatu vayaM tad dRSTvA vizvasiSyAmaH; kinjca yau lOkau tEna sArddhaM kruzE 'vidhyEtAM tAvapi taM nirbhartsayAmAsatuH|
33 atha dvitIyayAmAt tRtIyayAmaM yAvat sarvvO dEzaH sAndhakArObhUt|
34 tatastRtIyapraharE yIzuruccairavadat ElI ElI lAmA zivaktanI arthAd "hE madIza madIza tvaM paryyatyAkSIH kutO hi mAM?"
35 tadA samIpasthalOkAnAM kEcit tadvAkyaM nizamyAcakhyuH pazyaiSa Eliyam AhUyati|
36 tata EkO janO dhAvitvAgatya spanjjE 'mlarasaM pUrayitvA taM naPAgrE nidhAya pAtuM tasmai dattvAvadat tiSTha Eliya EnamavarOhayitum Eti na vEti pazyAmi|
37 atha yIzuruccaiH samAhUya prANAn jahau|
38 tadA mandirasya javanikOrdvvAdadhaHryyantA vidIrNA dvikhaNPAbhUt|
39 kinjca itthamuccairAhUya prANAn tyajantaM taM dRSdvA tadrakSaNAya niyuktO yaH sEnApatirAsIt sOvadat narOyam Izvaraputra iti satyam|
40 tadAnIM magdalInI marisam kaniSThayAkUbO yOsEzca mAtAnyamariyam zAlOmI ca yAH striyO
41 gAlIlpradEzE yIzuM sEvitvA tadanugAminyO jAtA imAstadanyAzca yA anEkA nAryO yIzunA sArddhaM yirUzAlamamAyAtAstAzca dUrAt tAni dadRzuH|
42 athAsAdanadinasyArthAd vizrAmavArAt pUrvvadinasya sAyaMkAla Agata
43 IzvararAjyApEkSyarimathIyayUSaphanAmA mAnyamantrI samEtya pIlAtasavidhaM nirbhayO gatvA yIzOrdEhaM yayAcE|
44 kintu sa idAnIM mRtaH pIlAta ityasambhavaM matvA zatasEnApatimAhUya sa kadA mRta iti papraccha|
45 zatasEmanApatimukhAt tajjnjAtvA yUSaphE yIzOrdEhaM dadau|
46 pazcAt sa sUkSmaM vAsaH krItvA yIzOH kAyamavarOhya tEna vAsasA vESTAyitvA girau khAtazmazAnE sthApitavAn pASANaM lOThayitvA dvAri nidadhE|
47 kintu yatra sOsthApyata tata magdalInI mariyam yOsimAtRmariyam ca dadRzatRH|
