< mathiH 27 >
1 prabhAtE jAtE pradhAnayAjakalOkaprAcInA yIzuM hantuM tatpratikUlaM mantrayitvA
2 taM badvvA nItvA pantIyapIlAtAkhyAdhipE samarpayAmAsuH|
3 tatO yIzOH parakarEvvarpayitA yihUdAstatprANAdaNPAjnjAM viditvA santaptamanAH pradhAnayAjakalOkaprAcInAnAM samakSaM tAstrIMzanmudrAH pratidAyAvAdIt,
4 EtannirAgOnaraprANaparakarArpaNAt kaluSaM kRtavAnahaM| tadA ta uditavantaH, tEnAsmAkaM kiM? tvayA tad budhyatAm|
5 tatO yihUdA mandiramadhyE tA mudrA nikSipya prasthitavAn itvA ca svayamAtmAnamudbabandha|
6 pazcAt pradhAnayAjakAstA mudrA AdAya kathitavantaH, EtA mudrAH zONitamUlyaM tasmAd bhANPAgArE na nidhAtavyAH|
7 anantaraM tE mantrayitvA vidEzinAM zmazAnasthAnAya tAbhiH kulAlasya kSEtramakrINan|
8 atO'dyApi tatsthAnaM raktakSEtraM vadanti|
9 itthaM sati isrAyElIyasantAnai ryasya mUlyaM nirupitaM, tasya triMzanmudrAmAnaM mUlyaM
10 mAM prati paramEzvarasyAdEzAt tEbhya AdIyata, tEna ca kulAlasya kSEtraM krItamiti yadvacanaM yirimiyabhaviSyadvAdinA prOktaM tat tadAsidhyat|
11 anantaraM yIzau tadadhipatEH sammukha upatiSThati sa taM papraccha, tvaM kiM yihUdIyAnAM rAjA? tadA yIzustamavadat, tvaM satyamuktavAn|
12 kintu pradhAnayAjakaprAcInairabhiyuktEna tEna kimapi na pratyavAdi|
13 tataH pIlAtEna sa uditaH, imE tvatpratikUlataH kati kati sAkSyaM dadati, tat tvaM na zRNOSi?
14 tathApi sa tESAmEkasyApi vacasa uttaraM nOditavAn; tEna sO'dhipati rmahAcitraM vidAmAsa|
15 anyacca tanmahakAlE'dhipatErEtAdRzI rAtirAsIt, prajA yaM kanjcana bandhinaM yAcantE, tamEva sa mOcayatIti|
16 tadAnIM barabbAnAmA kazcit khyAtabandhyAsIt|
17 tataH pIlAtastatra militAn lOkAn apRcchat, ESa barabbA bandhI khrISTavikhyAtO yIzuzcaitayOH kaM mOcayiSyAmi? yuSmAkaM kimIpsitaM?
18 tairIrSyayA sa samarpita iti sa jnjAtavAn|
19 aparaM vicArAsanOpavEzanakAlE pIlAtasya patnI bhRtyaM prahitya tasmai kathayAmAsa, taM dhArmmikamanujaM prati tvayA kimapi na karttavyaM; yasmAt tatkRtE'dyAhaM svapnE prabhUtakaSTamalabhE|
20 anantaraM pradhAnayAjakaprAcInA barabbAM yAcitvAdAtuM yIzunjca hantuM sakalalOkAn prAvarttayan|
21 tatO'dhipatistAn pRSTavAn, EtayOH kamahaM mOcayiSyAmi? yuSmAkaM kEcchA? tE prOcu rbarabbAM|
22 tadA pIlAtaH papraccha, tarhi yaM khrISTaM vadanti, taM yIzuM kiM kariSyAmi? sarvvE kathayAmAsuH, sa kruzEna vidhyatAM|
23 tatO'dhipatiravAdIt, kutaH? kiM tEnAparAddhaM? kintu tE punarucai rjagaduH, sa kruzEna vidhyatAM|
24 tadA nijavAkyamagrAhyamabhUt, kalahazcApyabhUt, pIlAta iti vilOkya lOkAnAM samakSaM tOyamAdAya karau prakSAlyAvOcat, Etasya dhArmmikamanuSyasya zONitapAtE nirdOSO'haM, yuSmAbhirEva tad budhyatAM|
25 tadA sarvvAH prajAH pratyavOcan, tasya zONitapAtAparAdhO'smAkam asmatsantAnAnAnjcOpari bhavatu|
26 tataH sa tESAM samIpE barabbAM mOcayAmAsa yIzuntu kaSAbhirAhatya kruzEna vEdhituM samarpayAmAsa|
27 anantaram adhipatEH sEnA adhipatE rgRhaM yIzumAnIya tasya samIpE sEnAsamUhaM saMjagRhuH|
28 tatastE tasya vasanaM mOcayitvA kRSNalOhitavarNavasanaM paridhApayAmAsuH
29 kaNTakAnAM mukuTaM nirmmAya tacchirasi daduH, tasya dakSiNakarE vEtramEkaM dattvA tasya sammukhE jAnUni pAtayitvA, hE yihUdIyAnAM rAjan, tubhyaM nama ityuktvA taM tirazcakruH,
30 tatastasya gAtrE niSThIvaM datvA tEna vEtrENa zira AjaghnuH|
31 itthaM taM tiraskRtya tad vasanaM mOcayitvA punarnijavasanaM paridhApayAnjcakruH, taM kruzEna vEdhituM nItavantaH|
32 pazcAttE bahirbhUya kurINIyaM zimOnnAmakamEkaM vilOkya kruzaM vOPhuM tamAdadirE|
33 anantaraM gulgaltAm arthAt ziraskapAlanAmakasthAnamu pasthAya tE yIzavE pittamizritAmlarasaM pAtuM daduH,
34 kintu sa tamAsvAdya na papau|
35 tadAnIM tE taM kruzEna saMvidhya tasya vasanAni guTikApAtEna vibhajya jagRhuH, tasmAt, vibhajantE'dharIyaM mE tE manuSyAH parasparaM| maduttarIyavastrArthaM guTikAM pAtayanti ca||yadEtadvacanaM bhaviSyadvAdibhiruktamAsIt, tadA tad asidhyat,
36 pazcAt tE tatrOpavizya tadrakSaNakarvvaNi niyuktAstasthuH|
37 aparam ESa yihUdIyAnAM rAjA yIzurityapavAdalipipatraM tacchirasa UrdvvE yOjayAmAsuH|
38 tatastasya vAmE dakSiNE ca dvau cairau tEna sAkaM kruzEna vividhuH|
39 tadA pAnthA nijazirO lAPayitvA taM nindantO jagaduH,
40 hE Izvaramandirabhanjjaka dinatrayE tannirmmAtaH svaM rakSa, cEttvamIzvarasutastarhi kruzAdavarOha|
41 pradhAnayAjakAdhyApakaprAcInAzca tathA tiraskRtya jagaduH,
42 sO'nyajanAnAvat, kintu svamavituM na zaknOti| yadIsrAyElO rAjA bhavEt, tarhIdAnImEva kruzAdavarOhatu, tEna taM vayaM pratyESyAmaH|
43 sa IzvarE pratyAzAmakarOt, yadIzvarastasmin santuSTastarhIdAnImEva tamavEt, yataH sa uktavAn ahamIzvarasutaH|
44 yau stEnau sAkaM tEna kruzEna viddhau tau tadvadEva taM ninindatuH|
45 tadA dvitIyayAmAt tRtIyayAmaM yAvat sarvvadEzE tamiraM babhUva,
46 tRtIyayAmE "ElI ElI lAmA zivaktanI", arthAt madIzvara madIzvara kutO mAmatyAkSIH? yIzuruccairiti jagAda|
47 tadA tatra sthitAH kEcit tat zrutvA babhASirE, ayam EliyamAhUyati|
48 tESAM madhyAd EkaH zIghraM gatvA spanjjaM gRhItvA tatrAmlarasaM dattvA nalEna pAtuM tasmai dadau|
49 itarE'kathayan tiSThata, taM rakSitum Eliya AyAti navEti pazyAmaH|
50 yIzuH punarucairAhUya prANAn jahau|
51 tatO mandirasya vicchEdavasanam UrdvvAdadhO yAvat chidyamAnaM dvidhAbhavat,
52 bhUmizcakampE bhUdharOvyadIryyata ca| zmazAnE muktE bhUripuNyavatAM suptadEhA udatiSThan,
53 zmazAnAd vahirbhUya tadutthAnAt paraM puNyapuraM gatvA bahujanAn darzayAmAsuH|
54 yIzurakSaNAya niyuktaH zatasEnApatistatsagginazca tAdRzIM bhUkampAdighaTanAM dRSTvA bhItA avadan, ESa IzvaraputrO bhavati|
55 yA bahuyOSitO yIzuM sEvamAnA gAlIlastatpazcAdAgatAstAsAM madhyE
56 magdalInI mariyam yAkUbyOzyO rmAtA yA mariyam sibadiyaputrayO rmAtA ca yOSita EtA dUrE tiSThantyO dadRzuH|
57 sandhyAyAM satyam arimathiyAnagarasya yUSaphnAmA dhanI manujO yIzOH ziSyatvAt
58 pIlAtasya samIpaM gatvA yIzOH kAyaM yayAcE, tEna pIlAtaH kAyaM dAtum AdidEza|
59 yUSaph tatkAyaM nItvA zucivastrENAcchAdya
60 svArthaM zailE yat zmazAnaM cakhAna, tanmadhyE tatkAyaM nidhAya tasya dvAri vRhatpASANaM dadau|
61 kintu magdalInI mariyam anyamariyam EtE striyau tatra zmazAnasammukha upavivizatuH|
62 tadanantaraM nistArOtsavasyAyOjanadinAt parE'hani pradhAnayAjakAH phirUzinazca militvA pIlAtamupAgatyAkathayan,
63 hE mahEccha sa pratArakO jIvana akathayat, dinatrayAt paraM zmazAnAdutthAsyAmi tadvAkyaM smarAmO vayaM;
64 tasmAt tRtIyadinaM yAvat tat zmazAnaM rakSitumAdizatu, nOcEt tacchiSyA yAminyAmAgatya taM hRtvA lOkAn vadiSyanti, sa zmazAnAdudatiSThat, tathA sati prathamabhrAntEH zESIyabhrAnti rmahatI bhaviSyati|
65 tadA pIlAta avAdIt, yuSmAkaM samIpE rakSigaNa AstE, yUyaM gatvA yathA sAdhyaM rakSayata|
66 tatastE gatvA taddUrapASANaM mudrAgkitaM kRtvA rakSigaNaM niyOjya zmazAnaM rakSayAmAsuH|
