< mathiH 4 >
1 tataH paraM yIzuH pratArakENa parIkSitO bhavitum AtmanA prAntaram AkRSTaH
2 san catvAriMzadahOrAtrAn anAhArastiSThan kSudhitO babhUva|
3 tadAnIM parIkSitA tatsamIpam Agatya vyAhRtavAn, yadi tvamIzvarAtmajO bhavEstarhyAjnjayA pASANAnEtAn pUpAn vidhEhi|
4 tataH sa pratyabravIt, itthaM likhitamAstE, "manujaH kEvalapUpEna na jIviSyati, kintvIzvarasya vadanAd yAni yAni vacAMsi niHsaranti tairEva jIviSyati|"
5 tadA pratArakastaM puNyanagaraM nItvA mandirasya cUPOpari nidhAya gaditavAn,
6 tvaM yadizvarasya tanayO bhavEstarhItO'dhaH pata, yata itthaM likhitamAstE, AdEkSyati nijAn dUtAn rakSituM tvAM paramEzvaraH| yathA sarvvESu mArgESu tvadIyacaraNadvayE| na lagEt prastarAghAtastvAM ghariSyanti tE karaiH||
7 tadAnIM yIzustasmai kathitavAn Etadapi likhitamAstE, "tvaM nijaprabhuM paramEzvaraM mA parIkSasva|"
8 anantaraM pratArakaH punarapi tam atyunjcadharAdharOpari nItvA jagataH sakalarAjyAni tadaizvaryyANi ca darzayAzcakAra kathayAnjcakAra ca,
9 yadi tvaM daNPavad bhavan mAM praNamEstarhyaham EtAni tubhyaM pradAsyAmi|
10 tadAnIM yIzustamavOcat, dUrIbhava pratAraka, likhitamidam AstE, "tvayA nijaH prabhuH paramEzvaraH praNamyaH kEvalaH sa sEvyazca|"
11 tataH pratArakENa sa paryyatyAji, tadA svargIyadUtairAgatya sa siSEvE|
12 tadanantaraM yOhan kArAyAM babandhE, tadvArttAM nizamya yIzunA gAlIl prAsthIyata|
13 tataH paraM sa nAsarannagaraM vihAya jalaghEstaTE sibUlUnnaptAlI EtayOruvabhayOH pradEzayOH sImnOrmadhyavarttI ya: kapharnAhUm tannagaram itvA nyavasat|
14 tasmAt, anyAdEzIyagAlIli yarddanpArE'bdhirOdhasi| naptAlisibUlUndEzau yatra sthAnE sthitau purA|
15 tatratyA manujA yE yE paryyabhrAmyan tamisrakE| tairjanairbRhadAlOkaH paridarziSyatE tadA| avasan yE janA dEzE mRtyucchAyAsvarUpakE| tESAmupari lOkAnAmAlOkaH saMprakAzitaH||
16 yadEtadvacanaM yizayiyabhaviSyadvAdinA prOktaM, tat tadA saphalam abhUt|
17 anantaraM yIzuH susaMvAdaM pracArayan EtAM kathAM kathayitum ArEbhE, manAMsi parAvarttayata, svargIyarAjatvaM savidhamabhavat|
18 tataH paraM yIzu rgAlIlO jaladhEstaTEna gacchan gacchan Andriyastasya bhrAtA zimOn arthatO yaM pitaraM vadanti EtAvubhau jalaghau jAlaM kSipantau dadarza, yatastau mInadhAriNAvAstAm|
19 tadA sa tAvAhUya vyAjahAra, yuvAM mama pazcAd AgacchataM, yuvAmahaM manujadhAriNau kariSyAmi|
20 tEnaiva tau jAlaM vihAya tasya pazcAt AgacchatAm|
21 anantaraM tasmAt sthAnAt vrajan vrajan sivadiyasya sutau yAkUb yOhannAmAnau dvau sahajau tAtEna sArddhaM naukOpari jAlasya jIrNOddhAraM kurvvantau vIkSya tAvAhUtavAn|
22 tatkSaNAt tau nAvaM svatAtanjca vihAya tasya pazcAdgAminau babhUvatuH|
23 anantaraM bhajanabhavanE samupadizan rAjyasya susaMvAdaM pracArayan manujAnAM sarvvaprakArAn rOgAn sarvvaprakArapIPAzca zamayan yIzuH kRtsnaM gAlIldEzaM bhramitum Arabhata|
24 tEna kRtsnasuriyAdEzasya madhyaM tasya yazO vyApnOt, aparaM bhUtagrastA apasmArargINaH pakSAdhAtiprabhRtayazca yAvantO manujA nAnAvidhavyAdhibhiH kliSTA Asan, tESu sarvvESu tasya samIpam AnItESu sa tAn svasthAn cakAra|
25 EtEna gAlIl-dikApani-yirUzAlam-yihUdIyadEzEbhyO yarddanaH pArAnjca bahavO manujAstasya pazcAd Agacchan|
