< gAlAtinaH 5 >
1 khrISTO'smabhyaM yat svAtantryaM dattavAn yUyaM tatra sthirAstiSThata dAsatvayugEna puna rna nibadhyadhvaM|
2 pazyatAhaM paulO yuSmAn vadAmi yadi chinnatvacO bhavatha tarhi khrISTEna kimapi nOpakAriSyadhvE|
3 aparaM yaH kazcit chinnatvag bhavati sa kRtsnavyavasthAyAH pAlanam IzvarAya dhArayatIti pramANaM dadAmi|
4 yuSmAkaM yAvantO lOkA vyavasthayA sapuNyIbhavituM cESTantE tE sarvvE khrISTAd bhraSTA anugrahAt patitAzca|
5 yatO vayam AtmanA vizvAsAt puNyalAbhAzAsiddhaM pratIkSAmahE|
6 khrISTE yIzau tvakchEdAtvakchEdayOH kimapi guNaM nAsti kintu prEmnA saphalO vizvAsa Eva guNayuktaH|
7 pUrvvaM yUyaM sundaram adhAvata kintvidAnIM kEna bAdhAM prApya satyatAM na gRhlItha?
8 yuSmAkaM sA mati ryuSmadAhvAnakAriNa IzvarAnna jAtA|
9 vikAraH kRtsnazaktUnAM svalpakiNvEna jasayatE|
10 yuSmAkaM mati rvikAraM na gamiSyatItyahaM yuSmAnadhi prabhunAzaMsE; kintu yO yuSmAn vicAralayati sa yaH kazcid bhavEt samucitaM daNPaM prApsyati|
11 parantu hE bhrAtaraH, yadyaham idAnIm api tvakchEdaM pracArayEyaM tarhi kuta upadravaM bhunjjiya? tatkRtE kruzaM nirbbAdham abhaviSyat|
12 yE janA yuSmAkaM cAnjcalyaM janayanti tESAM chEdanamEva mayAbhilaSyatE|
13 hE bhrAtaraH, yUyaM svAtantryArtham AhUtA AdhvE kintu tatsvAtantryadvArENa zArIrikabhAvO yuSmAn na pravizatu| yUyaM prEmnA parasparaM paricaryyAM kurudhvaM|
14 yasmAt tvaM samIpavAsini svavat prEma kuryyA ityEkAjnjA kRtsnAyA vyavasthAyAH sArasaMgrahaH|
15 kintu yUyaM yadi parasparaM daMdazyadhvE 'zAzyadhvE ca tarhi yuSmAkam EkO'nyEna yanna grasyatE tatra yuSmAbhiH sAvadhAnai rbhavitavyaM|
16 ahaM bravImi yUyam AtmikAcAraM kuruta zArIrikAbhilASaM mA pUrayata|
17 yataH zArIrikAbhilASa AtmanO viparItaH, AtmikAbhilASazca zarIrasya viparItaH, anayOrubhayOH parasparaM virOdhO vidyatE tEna yuSmAbhi ryad abhilaSyatE tanna karttavyaM|
18 yUyaM yadyAtmanA vinIyadhvE tarhi vyavasthAyA adhInA na bhavatha|
19 aparaM paradAragamanaM vEzyAgamanam azucitA kAmukatA pratimApUjanam
20 indrajAlaM zatrutvaM vivAdO'ntarjvalanaM krOdhaH kalahO'naikyaM
21 pArthakyam IrSyA vadhO mattatvaM lampaTatvamityAdIni spaSTatvEna zArIrikabhAvasya karmmANi santi| pUrvvaM yadvat mayA kathitaM tadvat punarapi kathyatE yE janA EtAdRzAni karmmANyAcaranti tairIzvarasya rAjyE'dhikAraH kadAca na lapsyatE|
22 kinjca prEmAnandaH zAntizcirasahiSNutA hitaiSitA bhadratvaM vizvAsyatA titikSA
23 parimitabhOjitvamityAdInyAtmanaH phalAni santi tESAM viruddhA kApi vyavasthA nahi|
24 yE tu khrISTasya lOkAstE ripubhirabhilASaizca sahitaM zArIrikabhAvaM kruzE nihatavantaH|
25 yadi vayam AtmanA jIvAmastarhyAtmikAcArO'smAbhiH karttavyaH,
26 darpaH parasparaM nirbhartsanaM dvESazcAsmAbhi rna karttavyAni|
