2 tImathiyaH 3

1 caramadinESu klEzajanakAH samayA upasthAsyantIti jAnIhi|

2 yatastAtkAlikA lOkA AtmaprEmiNO 'rthaprEmiNa AtmazlAghinO 'bhimAninO nindakAH pitrOranAjnjAgrAhiNaH kRtaghnA apavitrAH

3 prItivarjitA asandhEyA mRSApavAdinO 'jitEndriyAH pracaNPA bhadradvESiNO

4 vizvAsaghAtakA duHsAhasinO darpadhmAtA IzvarAprEmiNaH kintu sukhaprEmiNO

5 bhaktavEzAH kintvasvIkRtabhaktiguNA bhaviSyanti; EtAdRzAnAM lOkAnAM saMmargaM parityaja|

6 yatO yE janAH pracchannaM gEhAn pravizanti pApai rbhAragrastA nAnAvidhAbhilASaizcAlitA yAH kAminyO

7 nityaM zikSantE kintu satyamatasya tattvajnjAnaM prAptuM kadAcit na zaknuvanti tA dAsIvad vazIkurvvatE ca tE tAdRzA lOkAH|

8 yAnni ryAmbrizca yathA mUsamaM prati vipakSatvam akurutAM tathaiva bhraSTamanasO vizvAsaviSayE 'grAhyAzcaitE lOkA api satyamataM prati vipakSatAM kurvvanti|

9 kintu tE bahudUram agrasarA na bhaviSyanti yatastayO rmUPhatA yadvat tadvad EtESAmapi mUPhatA sarvvadRzyA bhaviSyati|

10 mamOpadEzaH ziSTatAbhiprAyO vizvAsO rdharyyaM prEma sahiSNutOpadravaH klEzA

11 AntiyakhiyAyAm ikaniyE lUstrAyAnjca mAM prati yadyad aghaTata yAMzcOpadravAn aham asahE sarvvamEtat tvam avagatO'si kintu tatsarvvataH prabhu rmAm uddhRtavAn|

12 parantu yAvantO lOkAH khrISTEna yIzunEzvarabhaktim Acaritum icchanti tESAM sarvvESAm upadravO bhaviSyati|

13 aparaM pApiSThAH khalAzca lOkA bhrAmyantO bhramayantazcOttarOttaraM duSTatvEna varddhiSyantE|

14 kintu tvaM yad yad azikSathAH, yacca tvayi samarpitam abhUt tasmin avatiSTha, yataH kasmAt zikSAM prAptO'si tad vEtsi;

15 yAni ca dharmmazAstrANi khrISTE yIzau vizvAsEna paritrANaprAptayE tvAM jnjAninaM karttuM zaknuvanti tAni tvaM zaizavakAlAd avagatO'si|

16 tat sarvvaM zAstram IzvarasyAtmanA dattaM zikSAyai dOSabOdhAya zOdhanAya dharmmavinayAya ca phalayUktaM bhavati

17 tEna cEzvarasya lOkO nipuNaH sarvvasmai satkarmmaNE susajjazca bhavati|