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1 svargarAjyam EtAdRzA kEnacid gRhasyEna samaM, yO'tiprabhAtE nijadrAkSAkSEtrE kRSakAn niyOktuM gatavAn|

2 pazcAt taiH sAkaM dinaikabhRtiM mudrAcaturthAMzaM nirUpya tAn drAkSAkSEtraM prErayAmAsa|

3 anantaraM praharaikavElAyAM gatvA haTTE katipayAn niSkarmmakAn vilOkya tAnavadat,

4 yUyamapi mama drAkSAkSEtraM yAta, yuSmabhyamahaM yOgyabhRtiM dAsyAmi, tatastE vavrajuH|

5 punazca sa dvitIyatRtIyayOH praharayO rbahi rgatvA tathaiva kRtavAn|

6 tatO daNPadvayAvaziSTAyAM vElAyAM bahi rgatvAparAn katipayajanAn niSkarmmakAn vilOkya pRSTavAn, yUyaM kimartham atra sarvvaM dinaM niSkarmmANastiSThatha?

7 tE pratyavadan, asmAn na kOpi karmamaNi niyuMktE| tadAnIM sa kathitavAn, yUyamapi mama drAkSAkSEtraM yAta, tEna yOgyAM bhRtiM lapsyatha|

8 tadanantaraM sandhyAyAM satyAM saEva drAkSAkSEtrapatiradhyakSaM gadivAn, kRSakAn AhUya zESajanamArabhya prathamaM yAvat tEbhyO bhRtiM dEhi|

9 tEna yE daNPadvayAvasthitE samAyAtAstESAm EkaikO janO mudrAcaturthAMzaM prApnOt|

10 tadAnIM prathamaniyuktA janA AgatyAnumitavantO vayamadhikaM prapsyAmaH, kintu tairapi mudrAcaturthAMzO'lAbhi|

11 tatastE taM gRhItvA tEna kSEtrapatinA sAkaM vAgyuddhaM kurvvantaH kathayAmAsuH,

12 vayaM kRtsnaM dinaM tApaklEzau sOPhavantaH, kintu pazcAtAyA sE janA daNPadvayamAtraM parizrAntavantastE'smAbhiH samAnAMzAH kRtAH|

13 tataH sa tESAmEkaM pratyuvAca, hE vatsa, mayA tvAM prati kOpyanyAyO na kRtaH kiM tvayA matsamakSaM mudrAcaturthAMzO nAggIkRtaH?

14 tasmAt tava yat prApyaM tadAdAya yAhi, tubhyaM yati, pazcAtIyaniyuktalOkAyApi tati dAtumicchAmi|

15 svEcchayA nijadravyavyavaharaNaM kiM mayA na karttavyaM? mama dAtRtvAt tvayA kim IrSyAdRSTiH kriyatE?

16 ittham agrIyalOkAH pazcatIyA bhaviSyanti, pazcAtIyajanAzcagrIyA bhaviSyanti, ahUtA bahavaH kintvalpE manObhilaSitAH|

17 tadanantaraM yIzu ryirUzAlamnagaraM gacchan mArgamadhyE ziSyAn EkAntE vabhASE,

18 pazya vayaM yirUzAlamnagaraM yAmaH, tatra pradhAnayAjakAdhyApakAnAM karESu manuSyaputraH samarpiSyatE;

19 tE ca taM hantumAjnjApya tiraskRtya vEtrENa praharttuM kruzE dhAtayitunjcAnyadEzIyAnAM karESu samarpayiSyanti, kintu sa tRtIyadivasE zmazAnAd utthApiSyatE|

20 tadAnIM sivadIyasya nArI svaputrAvAdAya yIzOH samIpam Etya praNamya kanjcanAnugrahaM taM yayAcE|

21 tadA yIzustAM prOktavAn, tvaM kiM yAcasE? tataH sA babhASE, bhavatO rAjatvE mamAnayOH sutayOrEkaM bhavaddakSiNapArzvE dvitIyaM vAmapArzva upavESTum AjnjApayatu|

22 yIzuH pratyuvAca, yuvAbhyAM yad yAcyatE, tanna budhyatE, ahaM yEna kaMsEna pAsyAmi yuvAbhyAM kiM tEna pAtuM zakyatE? ahanjca yEna majjEnEna majjiSyE, yuvAbhyAM kiM tEna majjayituM zakyatE? tE jagaduH zakyatE|

23 tadA sa uktavAn, yuvAM mama kaMsEnAvazyaM pAsyathaH, mama majjanEna ca yuvAmapi majjiSyEthE, kintu yESAM kRtE mattAtEna nirUpitam idaM tAn vihAyAnyaM kamapi maddakSiNapArzvE vAmapArzvE ca samupavEzayituM mamAdhikArO nAsti|

24 EtAM kathAM zrutvAnyE dazaziSyAstau bhrAtarau prati cukupuH|

25 kintu yIzuH svasamIpaM tAnAhUya jagAda, anyadEzIyalOkAnAM narapatayastAn adhikurvvanti, yE tu mahAntastE tAn zAsati, iti yUyaM jAnItha|

26 kintu yuSmAkaM madhyE na tathA bhavEt, yuSmAkaM yaH kazcit mahAn bubhUSati, sa yuSmAn sEvEta;

27 yazca yuSmAkaM madhyE mukhyO bubhUSati, sa yuSmAkaM dAsO bhavEt|

28 itthaM manujaputraH sEvyO bhavituM nahi, kintu sEvituM bahUnAM paritrANamUlyArthaM svaprANAn dAtunjcAgataH|

29 anantaraM yirIhOnagarAt tESAM bahirgamanasamayE tasya pazcAd bahavO lOkA vavrajuH|

30 aparaM vartmapArzva upavizantau dvAvandhau tEna mArgENa yIzO rgamanaM nizamya prOccaiH kathayAmAsatuH, hE prabhO dAyUdaH santAna, AvayO rdayAM vidhEhi|

31 tatO lOkAH sarvvE tuSNImbhavatamityuktvA tau tarjayAmAsuH; tathApi tau punaruccaiH kathayAmAsatuH hE prabhO dAyUdaH santAna, AvAM dayasva|

32 tadAnIM yIzuH sthagitaH san tAvAhUya bhASitavAn, yuvayOH kRtE mayA kiM karttarvyaM? yuvAM kiM kAmayEthE?

33 tadA tAvuktavantau, prabhO nEtrANi nau prasannAni bhavEyuH|

34 tadAnIM yIzustau prati pramannaH san tayO rnEtrANi pasparza, tEnaiva tau suvIkSAnjcakrAtE tatpazcAt jagmutuzca|