1 karinthinaH 3

1 he bhrAtaraH, ahamAtmikairiva yuSmAbhiH samaM sambhASituM nAzaknavaM kintu zArIrikAcAribhiH khrISTadharmme zizutulyaizca janairiva yuSmAbhiH saha samabhASe|

2 yuSmAn kaThinabhakSyaM na bhojayan dugdham apAyayaM yato yUyaM bhakSyaM grahItuM tadA nAzaknuta idAnImapi na zaknutha, yato hetoradhunApi zArIrikAcAriNa Adhve|

3 yuSmanmadhye mAtsaryyavivAdabhedA bhavanti tataH kiM zArIrikAcAriNo nAdhve mAnuSikamArgeNa ca na caratha?

4 paulasyAhamityApallorahamiti vA yadvAkyaM yuSmAkaM kaizcit kaizcit kathyate tasmAd yUyaM zArIrikAcAriNa na bhavatha?

5 paulaH kaH? Apallo rvA kaH? tau paricArakamAtrau tayorekaikasmai ca prabhu ryAdRk phalamadadAt tadvat tayordvArA yUyaM vizvAsino jAtAH|

6 ahaM ropitavAn Apallozca niSiktavAn IzvarazcAvarddhayat|

7 ato ropayitRsektArAvasArau varddhayitezvara eva sAraH|

8 ropayitRsektArau ca samau tayorekaikazca svazramayogyaM svavetanaM lapsyate|

9 AvAmIzvareNa saha karmmakAriNau, Izvarasya yat kSetram Izvarasya yA nirmmitiH sA yUyameva|

10 Izvarasya prasAdAt mayA yat padaM labdhaM tasmAt jJAninA gRhakAriNeva mayA bhittimUlaM sthApitaM tadupari cAnyena nicIyate| kintu yena yannicIyate tat tena vivicyatAM|

11 yato yIzukhrISTarUpaM yad bhittimUlaM sthApitaM tadanyat kimapi bhittimUlaM sthApayituM kenApi na zakyate|

12 etadbhittimUlasyopari yadi kecit svarNarUpyamaNikASThatRNanalAn nicinvanti,

13 tarhyekaikasya karmma prakAziSyate yataH sa divasastat prakAzayiSyati| yato hatostana divasena vahnimayenodetavyaM tata ekaikasya karmma kIdRzametasya parIkSA bahninA bhaviSyati|

14 yasya nicayanarUpaM karmma sthAsnu bhaviSyati sa vetanaM lapsyate|

15 yasya ca karmma dhakSyate tasya kSati rbhaviSyati kintu vahne rnirgatajana iva sa svayaM paritrANaM prApsyati|

16 yUyam Izvarasya mandiraM yuSmanmadhye cezvarasyAtmA nivasatIti kiM na jAnItha?

17 Izvarasya mandiraM yena vinAzyate so'pIzvareNa vinAzayiSyate yata Izvarasya mandiraM pavitrameva yUyaM tu tanmandiram Adhve|

18 kopi svaM na vaJcayatAM| yuSmAkaM kazcana cedihalokasya jJAnena jJAnavAnahamiti budhyate tarhi sa yat jJAnI bhavet tadarthaM mUDho bhavatu| (aiōn g165)

19 yasmAdihalokasya jJAnam Izvarasya sAkSAt mUDhatvameva| etasmin likhitamapyAste, tIkSNA yA jJAninAM buddhistayA tAn dharatIzvaraH|

20 punazca| jJAninAM kalpanA vetti paramezo nirarthakAH|

21 ataeva ko'pi manujairAtmAnaM na zlAghatAM yataH sarvvANi yuSmAkameva,

22 paula vA Apallo rvA kaiphA vA jagad vA jIvanaM vA maraNaM vA varttamAnaM vA bhaviSyadvA sarvvANyeva yuSmAkaM,

23 yUyaJca khrISTasya, khrISTazcezvarasya|