< mArkaH 8 >
1 tadA tatsamIpaM bahavO lOkA AyAtA atastESAM bhOjyadravyAbhAvAd yIzuH ziSyAnAhUya jagAda, |
2 lOkanivahE mama kRpA jAyatE tE dinatrayaM mayA sArddhaM santi tESAM bhOjyaM kimapi nAsti|
3 tESAM madhyE'nEkE dUrAd AgatAH, abhuktESu tESu mayA svagRhamabhiprahitESu tE pathi klamiSyanti|
4 ziSyA avAdiSuH, EtAvatO lOkAn tarpayitum atra prantarE pUpAn prAptuM kEna zakyatE?
5 tataH sa tAn papraccha yuSmAkaM kati pUpAH santi? tE'kathayan sapta|
6 tataH sa tAllOkAn bhuvi samupavESTum Adizya tAn sapta pUpAn dhRtvA IzvaraguNAn anukIrttayAmAsa, bhaMktvA parivESayituM ziSyAn prati dadau, tatastE lOkEbhyaH parivESayAmAsuH|
7 tathA tESAM samIpE yE kSudramatsyA Asan tAnapyAdAya IzvaraguNAn saMkIrtya parivESayitum AdiSTavAn|
8 tatO lOkA bhuktvA tRptiM gatA avaziSTakhAdyaiH pUrNAH saptaPallakA gRhItAzca|
9 EtE bhOktAraH prAyazcatuH sahasrapuruSA Asan tataH sa tAn visasarja|
10 atha sa ziSyaH saha nAvamAruhya dalmAnUthAsImAmAgataH|
11 tataH paraM phirUzina Agatya tEna saha vivadamAnAstasya parIkSArtham AkAzIyacihnaM draSTuM yAcitavantaH|
12 tadA sO'ntardIrghaM nizvasyAkathayat, EtE vidyamAnanarAH kutazcinhaM mRgayantE? yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM bravImi lOkAnEtAn kimapi cihnaM na darzayiSyatE|
13 atha tAn hitvA puna rnAvam Aruhya pAramagAt|
14 Etarhi ziSyaiH pUpESu vismRtESu nAvi tESAM sannidhau pUpa EkaEva sthitaH|
15 tadAnIM yIzustAn AdiSTavAn phirUzinAM hErOdazca kiNvaM prati satarkAH sAvadhAnAzca bhavata|
16 tatastE'nyOnyaM vivEcanaM kartum ArEbhirE, asmAkaM sannidhau pUpO nAstIti hEtOridaM kathayati|
17 tad budvvA yIzustEbhyO'kathayat yuSmAkaM sthAnE pUpAbhAvAt kuta itthaM vitarkayatha? yUyaM kimadyApi kimapi na jAnItha? bOddhunjca na zaknutha? yAvadadya kiM yuSmAkaM manAMsi kaThinAni santi?
18 satsu nEtrESu kiM na pazyatha? satsu karNESu kiM na zRNutha? na smaratha ca?
19 yadAhaM panjcapUpAn panjcasahasrANAM puruSANAM madhyE bhaMktvA dattavAn tadAnIM yUyam avaziSTapUpaiH pUrNAn kati PallakAn gRhItavantaH? tE'kathayan dvAdazaPallakAn|
20 aparanjca yadA catuHsahasrANAM puruSANAM madhyE pUpAn bhaMktvAdadAM tadA yUyam atiriktapUpAnAM kati PallakAn gRhItavantaH? tE kathayAmAsuH saptaPallakAn|
21 tadA sa kathitavAn tarhi yUyam adhunApi kutO bOdvvuM na zaknutha?
22 anantaraM tasmin baitsaidAnagarE prAptE lOkA andhamEkaM naraM tatsamIpamAnIya taM spraSTuM taM prArthayAnjcakrirE|
23 tadA tasyAndhasya karau gRhItvA nagarAd bahirdEzaM taM nItavAn; tannEtrE niSThIvaM dattvA tadgAtrE hastAvarpayitvA taM papraccha, kimapi pazyasi?
24 sa nEtrE unmIlya jagAda, vRkSavat manujAn gacchatO nirIkSE|
25 tatO yIzuH punastasya nayanayO rhastAvarpayitvA tasya nEtrE unmIlayAmAsa; tasmAt sa svasthO bhUtvA spaSTarUpaM sarvvalOkAn dadarza|
26 tataH paraM tvaM grAmaM mA gaccha grAmasthaM kamapi ca kimapyanuktvA nijagRhaM yAhItyAdizya yIzustaM nijagRhaM prahitavAn|
27 anantaraM ziSyaiH sahitO yIzuH kaisarIyAphilipipuraM jagAma, pathi gacchan tAnapRcchat kO'ham atra lOkAH kiM vadanti?
28 tE pratyUcuH tvAM yOhanaM majjakaM vadanti kintu kEpi kEpi EliyaM vadanti; aparE kEpi kEpi bhaviSyadvAdinAm EkO jana iti vadanti|
29 atha sa tAnapRcchat kintu kOham? ityatra yUyaM kiM vadatha? tadA pitaraH pratyavadat bhavAn abhiSiktastrAtA|
30 tataH sa tAn gAPhamAdizad yUyaM mama kathA kasmaicidapi mA kathayata|
31 manuSyaputrENAvazyaM bahavO yAtanA bhOktavyAH prAcInalOkaiH pradhAnayAjakairadhyApakaizca sa ninditaH san ghAtayiSyatE tRtIyadinE utthAsyati ca, yIzuH ziSyAnupadESTumArabhya kathAmimAM spaSTamAcaSTa|
32 tasmAt pitarastasya hastau dhRtvA taM tarjjitavAn|
33 kintu sa mukhaM parAvartya ziSyagaNaM nirIkSya pitaraM tarjayitvAvAdId dUrIbhava vighnakArin IzvarIyakAryyAdapi manuSyakAryyaM tubhyaM rOcatatarAM|
34 atha sa lOkAn ziSyAMzcAhUya jagAda yaH kazcin mAmanugantum icchati sa AtmAnaM dAmyatu, svakruzaM gRhItvA matpazcAd AyAtu|
35 yatO yaH kazcit svaprANaM rakSitumicchati sa taM hArayiSyati, kintu yaH kazcin madarthaM susaMvAdArthanjca prANaM hArayati sa taM rakSiSyati|
36 aparanjca manujaH sarvvaM jagat prApya yadi svaprANaM hArayati tarhi tasya kO lAbhaH?
37 naraH svaprANavinimayEna kiM dAtuM zaknOti?
38 EtESAM vyabhicAriNAM pApinAnjca lOkAnAM sAkSAd yadi kOpi mAM matkathAnjca lajjAspadaM jAnAti tarhi manujaputrO yadA dharmmadUtaiH saha pituH prabhAvENAgamiSyati tadA sOpi taM lajjAspadaM jnjAsyati|
