< mathiH 15 >
1 aparaM yirUzAlamnagarIyAH katipayA adhyApakAH phirUzinazca yIzOH samIpamAgatya kathayAmAsuH,
2 tava ziSyAH kimartham aprakSAlitakarai rbhakSitvA paramparAgataM prAcInAnAM vyavahAraM lagvantE?
3 tatO yIzuH pratyuvAca, yUyaM paramparAgatAcArENa kuta IzvarAjnjAM lagvadhvE|
4 Izvara ityAjnjApayat, tvaM nijapitarau saMmanyEthAH, yEna ca nijapitarau nindyEtE, sa nizcitaM mriyEta;
5 kintu yUyaM vadatha, yaH svajanakaM svajananIM vA vAkyamidaM vadati, yuvAM mattO yallabhEthE, tat nyavidyata,
6 sa nijapitarau puna rna saMmaMsyatE| itthaM yUyaM paramparAgatEna svESAmAcArENEzvarIyAjnjAM lumpatha|
7 rE kapaTinaH sarvvE yizayiyO yuSmAnadhi bhaviSyadvacanAnyEtAni samyag uktavAn|
8 vadanai rmanujA EtE samAyAnti madantikaM| tathAdharai rmadIyanjca mAnaM kurvvanti tE narAH|
9 kintu tESAM manO mattO vidUraEva tiSThati| zikSayantO vidhIn nrAjnjA bhajantE mAM mudhaiva tE|
10 tatO yIzu rlOkAn AhUya prOktavAn, yUyaM zrutvA budhyadhbaM|
11 yanmukhaM pravizati, tat manujam amEdhyaM na karOti, kintu yadAsyAt nirgacchati, tadEva mAnuSamamEdhyI karOtI|
12 tadAnIM ziSyA Agatya tasmai kathayAnjcakruH, EtAM kathAM zrutvA phirUzinO vyarajyanta, tat kiM bhavatA jnjAyatE?
13 sa pratyavadat, mama svargasthaH pitA yaM kanjcidagkuraM nArOpayat, sa utpAvdyatE|
14 tE tiSThantu, tE andhamanujAnAm andhamArgadarzakA Eva; yadyandhO'ndhaM panthAnaM darzayati, tarhyubhau garttE patataH|
15 tadA pitarastaM pratyavadat, dRSTAntamimamasmAn bOdhayatu|
16 yIzunA prOktaM, yUyamadya yAvat kimabOdhAH stha?
17 kathAmimAM kiM na budhyadhbE? yadAsyaM prEvizati, tad udarE patan bahirniryAti,
18 kintvAsyAd yanniryAti, tad antaHkaraNAt niryAtatvAt manujamamEdhyaM karOti|
19 yatO'ntaHkaraNAt kucintA badhaH pAradArikatA vEzyAgamanaM cairyyaM mithyAsAkSyam IzvaranindA caitAni sarvvANi niryyAnti|
20 EtAni manuSyamapavitrI kurvvanti kintvaprakSAlitakarENa bhOjanaM manujamamEdhyaM na karOti|
21 anantaraM yIzustasmAt sthAnAt prasthAya sOrasIdOnnagarayOH sImAmupatasyau|
22 tadA tatsImAtaH kAcit kinAnIyA yOSid Agatya tamuccairuvAca, hE prabhO dAyUdaH santAna, mamaikA duhitAstE sA bhUtagrastA satI mahAklEzaM prApnOti mama dayasva|
23 kintu yIzustAM kimapi nOktavAn, tataH ziSyA Agatya taM nivEdayAmAsuH, ESA yOSid asmAkaM pazcAd uccairAhUyAgacchati, EnAM visRjatu|
24 tadA sa pratyavadat, isrAyElgOtrasya hAritamESAn vinA kasyApyanyasya samIpaM nAhaM prESitOsmi|
25 tataH sA nArIsamAgatya taM praNamya jagAda, hE prabhO mAmupakuru|
26 sa uktavAn, bAlakAnAM bhakSyamAdAya sAramEyEbhyO dAnaM nOcitaM|
27 tadA sA babhASE, hE prabhO, tat satyaM, tathApi prabhO rbhanjcAd yaducchiSTaM patati, tat sAramEyAH khAdanti|
28 tatO yIzuH pratyavadat, hE yOSit, tava vizvAsO mahAn tasmAt tava manObhilaSitaM sidyyatu, tEna tasyAH kanyA tasminnEva daNPE nirAmayAbhavat|
29 anantaraM yIzastasmAt sthAnAt prasthAya gAlIlsAgarasya sannidhimAgatya dharAdharamAruhya tatrOpavivEza|
30 pazcAt jananivahO bahUn khanjcAndhamUkazuSkakaramAnuSAn AdAya yIzOH samIpamAgatya taccaraNAntikE sthApayAmAsuH, tataH sA tAn nirAmayAn akarOt|
31 itthaM mUkA vAkyaM vadanti, zuSkakarAH svAsthyamAyAnti, paggavO gacchanti, andhA vIkSantE, iti vilOkya lOkA vismayaM manyamAnA isrAyEla IzvaraM dhanyaM babhASirE|
32 tadAnIM yIzuH svaziSyAn AhUya gaditavAn, EtajjananivahESu mama dayA jAyatE, EtE dinatrayaM mayA sAkaM santi, ESAM bhakSyavastu ca kanjcidapi nAsti, tasmAdahamEtAnakRtAhArAn na visrakSyAmi, tathAtvE vartmamadhyE klAmyESuH|
33 tadA ziSyA UcuH, Etasmin prAntaramadhya EtAvatO martyAn tarpayituM vayaM kutra pUpAn prApsyAmaH?
34 yIzurapRcchat, yuSmAkaM nikaTE kati pUpA AsatE? ta UcuH, saptapUpA alpAH kSudramInAzca santi|
35 tadAnIM sa lOkanivahaM bhUmAvupavESTum Adizya
36 tAn saptapUpAn mInAMzca gRhlan IzvarIyaguNAn anUdya bhaMktvA ziSyEbhyO dadau, ziSyA lOkEbhyO daduH|
37 tataH sarvvE bhuktvA tRptavantaH; tadavaziSTabhakSyENa saptaPalakAn paripUryya saMjagRhuH|
38 tE bhOktArO yOSitO bAlakAMzca vihAya prAyENa catuHsahasrANi puruSA Asan|
39 tataH paraM sa jananivahaM visRjya tarimAruhya magdalApradEzaM gatavAn|
