< 1 karinthinaH 13 >
1 martyasvargIyANAM bhASA bhASamANo'haM yadi premahIno bhaveyaM tarhi vAdakatAlasvarUpo ninAdakAribherIsvarUpazca bhavAmi|
2 aparaJca yadyaham IzvarIyAdezADhyaH syAM sarvvANi guptavAkyAni sarvvavidyAJca jAnIyAM pUrNavizvAsaH san zailAn sthAnAntarIkarttuM zaknuyAJca kintu yadi premahIno bhaveyaM tarhyagaNanIya eva bhavAmi|
3 aparaM yadyaham annadAnena sarvvasvaM tyajeyaM dAhanAya svazarIraM samarpayeyaJca kintu yadi premahIno bhaveyaM tarhi tatsarvvaM madarthaM niSphalaM bhavati|
4 prema cirasahiSNu hitaiSi ca, prema nirdveSam azaThaM nirgarvvaJca|
5 aparaM tat kutsitaM nAcarati, AtmaceSTAM na kurute sahasA na krudhyati parAniSTaM na cintayati,
6 adharmme na tuSyati satya eva santuSyati|
7 tat sarvvaM titikSate sarvvatra vizvasiti sarvvatra bhadraM pratIkSate sarvvaM sahate ca|
8 premno lopaH kadApi na bhaviSyati, IzvarIyAdezakathanaM lopsyate parabhASAbhASaNaM nivarttiSyate jJAnamapi lopaM yAsyati|
9 yato'smAkaM jJAnaM khaNDamAtram IzvarIyAdezakathanamapi khaNDamAtraM|
10 kintvasmAsu siddhatAM gateSu tAni khaNDamAtrANi lopaM yAsyante|
11 bAlyakAle'haM bAla ivAbhASe bAla ivAcintayaJca kintu yauvane jAte tatsarvvaM bAlyAcaraNaM parityaktavAn|
12 idAnIm abhramadhyenAspaSTaM darzanam asmAbhi rlabhyate kintu tadA sAkSAt darzanaM lapsyate| adhunA mama jJAnam alpiSThaM kintu tadAhaM yathAvagamyastathaivAvagato bhaviSyAmi|
13 idAnIM pratyayaH pratyAzA prema ca trINyetAni tiSThanti teSAM madhye ca prema zreSThaM|