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1 aparam asmAkam Etasmin pArthivE dUSyarUpE vEzmani jIrNE satIzvarENa nirmmitam akarakRtam asmAkam anantakAlasthAyi vEzmaikaM svargE vidyata iti vayaM jAnImaH| (aiōnios )
2 yatO hEtOrEtasmin vEzmani tiSThantO vayaM taM svargIyaM vAsaM paridhAtum AkAgkSyamANA niHzvasAmaH|
3 tathApIdAnImapi vayaM tEna na nagnAH kintu parihitavasanA manyAmahE|
4 Etasmin dUSyE tiSThanatO vayaM klizyamAnA niHzvasAmaH, yatO vayaM vAsaM tyaktum icchAmastannahi kintu taM dvitIyaM vAsaM paridhAtum icchAmaH, yatastathA kRtE jIvanEna martyaM grasiSyatE|
5 EtadarthaM vayaM yEna sRSTAH sa Izvara Eva sa cAsmabhyaM satyagkArasya paNasvarUpam AtmAnaM dattavAn|
6 ataEva vayaM sarvvadOtsukA bhavAmaH kinjca zarIrE yAvad asmAbhi rnyuSyatE tAvat prabhutO dUrE prOSyata iti jAnImaH,
7 yatO vayaM dRSTimArgE na carAmaH kintu vizvAsamArgE|
8 aparanjca zarIrAd dUrE pravastuM prabhOH sannidhau nivastunjcAkAgkSyamANA utsukA bhavAmaH|
9 tasmAdEva kAraNAd vayaM tasya sannidhau nivasantastasmAd dUrE pravasantO vA tasmai rOcituM yatAmahE|
10 yasmAt zarIrAvasthAyAm EkaikEna kRtAnAM karmmaNAM zubhAzubhaphalaprAptayE sarvvaismAbhiH khrISTasya vicArAsanasammukha upasthAtavyaM|
11 ataEva prabhO rbhayAnakatvaM vijnjAya vayaM manujAn anunayAmaH kinjcEzvarasya gOcarE saprakAzA bhavAmaH, yuSmAkaM saMvEdagOcarE'pi saprakAzA bhavAma ityAzaMsAmahE|
12 anEna vayaM yuSmAkaM sannidhau punaH svAn prazaMsAma iti nahi kintu yE manO vinA mukhaiH zlAghantE tEbhyaH pratyuttaradAnAya yUyaM yathAsmAbhiH zlAghituM zaknutha tAdRzam upAyaM yuSmabhyaM vitarAmaH|
13 yadi vayaM hatajnjAnA bhavAmastarhi tad IzvarArthakaM yadi ca sajnjAnA bhavAmastarhi tad yuSmadarthakaM|
14 vayaM khrISTasya prEmnA samAkRSyAmahE yataH sarvvESAM vinimayEna yadyEkO janO'mriyata tarhi tE sarvvE mRtA ityAsmAbhi rbudhyatE|
15 aparanjca yE jIvanti tE yat svArthaM na jIvanti kintu tESAM kRtE yO janO mRtaH punarutthApitazca tamuddizya yat jIvanti tadarthamEva sa sarvvESAM kRtE mRtavAn|
16 atO hEtOritaH paraM kO'pyasmAbhi rjAtitO na pratijnjAtavyaH|yadyapi pUrvvaM khrISTO jAtitO'smAbhiH pratijnjAtastathApIdAnIM jAtitaH puna rna pratijnjAyatE|
17 kEnacit khrISTa AzritE nUtanA sRSTi rbhavati purAtanAni lupyantE pazya nikhilAni navInAni bhavanti|
18 sarvvanjcaitad Izvarasya karmma yatO yIzukhrISTEna sa EvAsmAn svEna sArddhaM saMhitavAn sandhAnasambandhIyAM paricaryyAm asmAsu samarpitavAMzca|
19 yataH IzvaraH khrISTam adhiSThAya jagatO janAnAm AgAMsi tESAm RNamiva na gaNayan svEna sArddhaM tAn saMhitavAn sandhivArttAm asmAsu samarpitavAMzca|
20 atO vayaM khrISTasya vinimayEna dautyaM karmma sampAdayAmahE, IzvarazcAsmAbhi ryuSmAn yAyAcyatE tataH khrISTasya vinimayEna vayaM yuSmAn prArthayAmahE yUyamIzvarENa sandhatta|
21 yatO vayaM tEna yad IzvarIyapuNyaM bhavAmastadarthaM pApEna saha yasya jnjAtEyaM nAsIt sa Eva tEnAsmAkaM vinimayEna pApaH kRtaH|
