< mathiH 14 >
1 tadAnIM rAjA hErOd yIzO ryazaH zrutvA nijadAsEyAn jagAd,
2 ESa majjayitA yOhan, pramitEbhayastasyOtthAnAt tEnEtthamadbhutaM karmma prakAzyatE|
3 purA hErOd nijabhrAtu: philipO jAyAyA hErOdIyAyA anurOdhAd yOhanaM dhArayitvA baddhA kArAyAM sthApitavAn|
4 yatO yOhan uktavAn, EtsayAH saMgrahO bhavatO nOcitaH|
5 tasmAt nRpatistaM hantumicchannapi lOkEbhyO vibhayAnjcakAra; yataH sarvvE yOhanaM bhaviSyadvAdinaM mEnirE|
6 kintu hErOdO janmAhIyamaha upasthitE hErOdIyAyA duhitA tESAM samakSaM nRtitvA hErOdamaprINyat|
7 tasmAt bhUpatiH zapathaM kurvvan iti pratyajnjAsIt, tvayA yad yAcyatE, tadEvAhaM dAsyAmi|
8 sA kumArI svIyamAtuH zikSAM labdhA babhASE, majjayituryOhana uttamAggaM bhAjanE samAnIya mahyaM vizrANaya|
9 tatO rAjA zuzOca, kintu bhOjanAyOpavizatAM sagginAM svakRtazapathasya cAnurOdhAt tat pradAtuma AdidEza|
10 pazcAt kArAM prati naraM prahitya yOhana uttamAggaM chittvA
11 tat bhAjana AnAyya tasyai kumAryyai vyazrANayat, tataH sA svajananyAH samIpaM tanninAya|
12 pazcAt yOhanaH ziSyA Agatya kAyaM nItvA zmazAnE sthApayAmAsustatO yIzOH sannidhiM vrajitvA tadvArttAM babhASirE|
13 anantaraM yIzuriti nizabhya nAvA nirjanasthAnam EkAkI gatavAn, pazcAt mAnavAstat zrutvA nAnAnagarEbhya Agatya padaistatpazcAd IyuH|
14 tadAnIM yIzu rbahirAgatya mahAntaM jananivahaM nirIkSya tESu kAruNikaH man tESAM pIPitajanAn nirAmayAn cakAra|
15 tataH paraM sandhyAyAM ziSyAstadantikamAgatya kathayAnjcakruH, idaM nirjanasthAnaM vElApyavasannA; tasmAt manujAn svasvagrAmaM gantuM svArthaM bhakSyANi krEtunjca bhavAn tAn visRjatu|
16 kintu yIzustAnavAdIt, tESAM gamanE prayOjanaM nAsti, yUyamEva tAn bhOjayata|
17 tadA tE pratyavadan, asmAkamatra pUpapanjcakaM mInadvayanjcAstE|
18 tadAnIM tEnOktaM tAni madantikamAnayata|
19 anantaraM sa manujAn yavasOparyyupavESTum AjnjApayAmAsa; apara tat pUpapanjcakaM mInadvayanjca gRhlan svargaM prati nirIkSyEzvarIyaguNAn anUdya bhaMktvA ziSyEbhyO dattavAn, ziSyAzca lOkEbhyO daduH|
20 tataH sarvvE bhuktvA paritRptavantaH, tatastadavaziSTabhakSyaiH pUrNAn dvAdazaPalakAn gRhItavantaH|
21 tE bhOktAraH strIrbAlakAMzca vihAya prAyENa panjca sahasrANi pumAMsa Asan|
22 tadanantaraM yIzu rlOkAnAM visarjanakAlE ziSyAn taraNimArOPhuM svAgrE pAraM yAtunjca gAPhamAdiSTavAn|
23 tatO lOkESu visRSTESu sa viviktE prArthayituM girimEkaM gatvA sandhyAM yAvat tatraikAkI sthitavAn|
24 kintu tadAnIM sammukhavAtatvAt saritpatE rmadhyE taraggaistaraNirdOlAyamAnAbhavat|
25 tadA sa yAminyAzcaturthapraharE padbhyAM vrajan tESAmantikaM gatavAn|
26 kintu ziSyAstaM sAgarOpari vrajantaM vilOkya samudvignA jagaduH, ESa bhUta iti zagkamAnA uccaiH zabdAyAnjcakrirE ca|
27 tadaiva yIzustAnavadat, susthirA bhavata, mA bhaiSTa, ESO'ham|
28 tataH pitara ityuktavAn, hE prabhO, yadi bhavAnEva, tarhi mAM bhavatsamIpaM yAtumAjnjApayatu|
29 tataH tEnAdiSTaH pitarastaraNitO'varuhya yIzErantikaM prAptuM tOyOpari vavrAja|
30 kintu pracaNPaM pavanaM vilOkya bhayAt tOyE maMktum ArEbhE, tasmAd uccaiH zabdAyamAnaH kathitavAn, hE prabhO, mAmavatu|
31 yIzustatkSaNAt karaM prasAryya taM dharan uktavAn, ha stOkapratyayin tvaM kutaH samazEthAH?
32 anantaraM tayOstaraNimArUPhayOH pavanO nivavRtE|
33 tadAnIM yE taraNyAmAsan, ta Agatya taM praNabhya kathitavantaH, yathArthastvamEvEzvarasutaH|
34 anantaraM pAraM prApya tE ginESarannAmakaM nagaramupatasthuH,
35 tadA tatratyA janA yIzuM paricIya taddEzsya caturdizO vArttAM prahitya yatra yAvantaH pIPitA Asan, tAvataEva tadantikamAnayAmAsuH|
36 aparaM tadIyavasanasya granthimAtraM spraSTuM vinIya yAvantO janAstat sparzaM cakrirE, tE sarvvaEva nirAmayA babhUvuH|
