ibriNaH 5

1 yaH kazcit mahAyAjakO bhavati sa mAnavAnAM madhyAt nItaH san mAnavAnAM kRta IzvarOddEzyaviSayE'rthata upahArANAM pApArthakabalInAnjca dAna niyujyatE|

2 sa cAjnjAnAM bhrAntAnAnjca lOkAnAM duHkhEna duHkhI bhavituM zaknOti, yatO hEtOH sa svayamapi daurbbalyavESTitO bhavati|

3 EtasmAt kAraNAcca yadvat lOkAnAM kRtE tadvad AtmakRtE'pi pApArthakabalidAnaM tEna karttavyaM|

4 sa ghOccapadaH svEcchAtaH kEnApi na gRhyatE kintu hArONa iva ya IzvarENAhUyatE tEnaiva gRhyatE|

5 EvamprakArENa khrISTO'pi mahAyAjakatvaM grahItuM svIyagauravaM svayaM na kRtavAn, kintu "madIyatanayO'si tvam adyaiva janitO mayEti" vAcaM yastaM bhASitavAn sa Eva tasya gauravaM kRtavAn|

6 tadvad anyagItE'pIdamuktaM, tvaM malkISEdakaH zrENyAM yAjakO'si sadAtanaH| (aiōn g165)

7 sa ca dEhavAsakAlE bahukrandanEnAzrupAtEna ca mRtyuta uddharaNE samarthasya pituH samIpE punaH punarvinatiM prarthanAnjca kRtvA tatphalarUpiNIM zagkAtO rakSAM prApya ca

8 yadyapi putrO'bhavat tathApi yairaklizyata tairAjnjAgrahaNam azikSata|

9 itthaM siddhIbhUya nijAjnjAgrAhiNAM sarvvESAm anantaparitrANasya kAraNasvarUpO 'bhavat| (aiōnios g166)

10 tasmAt sa malkISEdakaH zrENIbhuktO mahAyAjaka IzvarENAkhyAtaH|

11 tamadhyasmAkaM bahukathAH kathayitavyAH kintu tAH stabdhakarNai ryuSmAbhi rdurgamyAH|

12 yatO yUyaM yadyapi samayasya dIrghatvAt zikSakA bhavitum azakSyata tathApIzvarasya vAkyAnAM yA prathamA varNamAlA tAmadhi zikSAprApti ryuSmAkaM punarAvazyakA bhavati, tathA kaThinadravyE nahi kintu dugdhE yuSmAkaM prayOjanam AstE|

13 yO dugdhapAyI sa zizurEvEtikAraNAt dharmmavAkyE tatparO nAsti|

14 kintu sadasadvicArE yESAM cEtAMsi vyavahArENa zikSitAni tAdRzAnAM siddhalOkAnAM kaThOradravyESu prayOjanamasti|