1 karinthinaH 12

1 hE bhrAtaraH, yUyaM yad AtmikAn dAyAn anavagatAstiSThatha tadahaM nAbhilaSAmi|

2 pUrvvaM bhinnajAtIyA yUyaM yadvad vinItAstadvad avAkpratimAnAm anugAmina Adhbam iti jAnItha|

3 iti hEtOrahaM yuSmabhyaM nivEdayAmi, IzvarasyAtmanA bhASamANaH kO'pi yIzuM zapta iti na vyAharati, punazca pavitrENAtmanA vinItaM vinAnyaH kO'pi yIzuM prabhuriti vyAharttuM na zaknOti|

4 dAyA bahuvidhAH kintvEka AtmA

5 paricaryyAzca bahuvidhAH kintvEkaH prabhuH|

6 sAdhanAni bahuvidhAni kintu sarvvESu sarvvasAdhaka Izvara EkaH|

7 Ekaikasmai tasyAtmanO darzanaM parahitArthaM dIyatE|

8 Ekasmai tEnAtmanA jnjAnavAkyaM dIyatE, anyasmai tEnaivAtmanAdiSTaM vidyAvAkyam,

9 anyasmai tEnaivAtmanA vizvAsaH, anyasmai tEnaivAtmanA svAsthyadAnazaktiH,

10 anyasmai duHsAdhyasAdhanazaktiranyasmai cEzvarIyAdEzaH, anyasmai cAtimAnuSikasyAdEzasya vicArasAmarthyam, anyasmai parabhASAbhASaNazaktiranyasmai ca bhASArthabhASaNasAmaryaM dIyatE|

11 EkEnAdvitIyEnAtmanA yathAbhilASam Ekaikasmai janAyaikaikaM dAnaM vitaratA tAni sarvvANi sAdhyantE|

12 dEha EkaH sannapi yadvad bahvaggayuktO bhavati, tasyaikasya vapuSO 'ggAnAM bahutvEna yadvad EkaM vapu rbhavati, tadvat khrISTaH|

13 yatO hEtO ryihUdibhinnajAtIyadAsasvatantrA vayaM sarvvE majjanEnaikEnAtmanaikadEhIkRtAH sarvvE caikAtmabhuktA abhavAma|

14 EkEnAggEna vapu rna bhavati kintu bahubhiH|

15 tatra caraNaM yadi vadEt nAhaM hastastasmAt zarIrasya bhAgO nAsmIti tarhyanEna zarIrAt tasya viyOgO na bhavati|

16 zrOtraM vA yadi vadEt nAhaM nayanaM tasmAt zarIrasyAMzO nAsmIti tarhyanEna zarIrAt tasya viyOgO na bhavati|

17 kRtsnaM zarIraM yadi darzanEndriyaM bhavEt tarhi zravaNEndriyaM kutra sthAsyati? tat kRtsnaM yadi vA zravaNEndriyaM bhavEt tarhi ghraNEndriyaM kutra sthAsyati?

18 kintvidAnIm IzvarENa yathAbhilaSitaM tathaivAggapratyaggAnAm EkaikaM zarIrE sthApitaM|

19 tat kRtsnaM yadyEkAggarUpi bhavEt tarhi zarIrE kutra sthAsyati?

20 tasmAd aggAni bahUni santi zarIraM tvEkamEva|

21 ataEva tvayA mama prayOjanaM nAstIti vAcaM pANiM vadituM nayanaM na zaknOti, tathA yuvAbhyAM mama prayOjanaM nAstIti mUrddhA caraNau vadituM na zaknOtiH;

22 vastutastu vigrahasya yAnyaggAnyasmAbhi rdurbbalAni budhyantE tAnyEva saprayOjanAni santi|

23 yAni ca zarIramadhyE'vamanyAni budhyatE tAnyasmAbhiradhikaM zObhyantE| yAni ca kudRzyAni tAni sudRzyatarANi kriyantE

24 kintu yAni svayaM sudRzyAni tESAM zObhanam niSprayOjanaM|

25 zarIramadhyE yad bhEdO na bhavEt kintu sarvvANyaggAni yad aikyabhAvEna sarvvESAM hitaM cintayanti tadartham IzvarENApradhAnam AdaraNIyaM kRtvA zarIraM viracitaM|

26 tasmAd EkasyAggasya pIPAyAM jAtAyAM sarvvANyaggAni tEna saha pIPyantE, Ekasya samAdarE jAtE ca sarvvANi tEna saha saMhRSyanti|

27 yUyanjca khrISTasya zarIraM, yuSmAkam Ekaikazca tasyaikaikam aggaM|

28 kEcit kEcit samitAvIzvarENa prathamataH prEritA dvitIyata IzvarIyAdEzavaktArastRtIyata upadESTArO niyuktAH, tataH paraM kEbhyO'pi citrakAryyasAdhanasAmarthyam anAmayakaraNazaktirupakRtau lOkazAsanE vA naipuNyaM nAnAbhASAbhASaNasAmarthyaM vA tEna vyatAri|

29 sarvvE kiM prEritAH? sarvvE kim IzvarIyAdEzavaktAraH? sarvvE kim upadESTAraH? sarvvE kiM citrakAryyasAdhakAH?

30 sarvvE kim anAmayakaraNazaktiyuktAH? sarvvE kiM parabhASAvAdinaH? sarvvE vA kiM parabhASArthaprakAzakAH?

31 yUyaM zrESThadAyAn labdhuM yatadhvaM| anEna yUyaM mayA sarvvOttamamArgaM darzayitavyAH|