< preritAH 15 >
1 yihUdAdezAt kiyanto janA Agatya bhrAtRgaNamitthaM zikSitavanto mUsAvyavasthayA yadi yuSmAkaM tvakchedo na bhavati tarhi yUyaM paritrANaM prAptuM na zakSyatha|
2 paulabarNabbau taiH saha bahUn vicArAn vivAdAMzca kRtavantau, tato maNDalIyanokA etasyAH kathAyAstattvaM jJAtuM yirUzAlamnagarasthAn preritAn prAcInAMzca prati paulabarNabbAprabhRtIn katipayajanAn preSayituM nizcayaM kRtavantaH|
3 te maNDalyA preritAH santaH phaiNIkIzomirondezAbhyAM gatvA bhinnadezIyAnAM manaHparivarttanasya vArttayA bhrAtRNAM paramAhlAdam ajanayan|
4 yirUzAlamyupasthAya preritagaNena lokaprAcInagaNena samAjena ca samupagRhItAH santaH svairIzvaro yAni karmmANi kRtavAn teSAM sarvvavRttAntAn teSAM samakSam akathayan|
5 kintu vizvAsinaH kiyantaH phirUzimatagrAhiNo lokA utthAya kathAmetAM kathitavanto bhinnadezIyAnAM tvakchedaM karttuM mUsAvyavasthAM pAlayituJca samAdeSTavyam|
6 tataH preritA lokaprAcInAzca tasya vivecanAM karttuM sabhAyAM sthitavantaH|
7 bahuvicAreSu jAtaSu pitara utthAya kathitavAn, he bhrAtaro yathA bhinnadezIyalokA mama mukhAt susaMvAdaM zrutvA vizvasanti tadarthaM bahudinAt pUrvvam IzvarosmAkaM madhye mAM vRtvA niyuktavAn|
8 antaryyAmIzvaro yathAsmabhyaM tathA bhinnadezIyebhyaH pavitramAtmAnaM pradAya vizvAsena teSAm antaHkaraNAni pavitrANi kRtvA
9 teSAm asmAkaJca madhye kimapi vizeSaM na sthApayitvA tAnadhi svayaM pramANaM dattavAn iti yUyaM jAnItha|
10 ataevAsmAkaM pUrvvapuruSA vayaJca svayaM yadyugasya bhAraM soDhuM na zaktAH samprati taM ziSyagaNasya skandheSu nyasituM kuta Izvarasya parIkSAM kariSyatha?
11 prabho ryIzukhrISTasyAnugraheNa te yathA vayamapi tathA paritrANaM prAptum AzAM kurmmaH|
12 anantaraM barNabbApaulAbhyAm Izvaro bhinnadezIyAnAM madhye yadyad Azcaryyam adbhutaJca karmma kRtavAn tadvRttAntaM tau svamukhAbhyAm avarNayatAM sabhAsthAH sarvve nIravAH santaH zrutavantaH|
13 tayoH kathAyAM samAptAyAM satyAM yAkUb kathayitum ArabdhavAn
14 he bhrAtaro mama kathAyAm mano nidhatta| IzvaraH svanAmArthaM bhinnadezIyalokAnAm madhyAd ekaM lokasaMghaM grahItuM matiM kRtvA yena prakAreNa prathamaM tAn prati kRpAvalekanaM kRtavAn taM zimon varNitavAn|
15 bhaviSyadvAdibhiruktAni yAni vAkyAni taiH sArddham etasyaikyaM bhavati yathA likhitamAste|
16 sarvveSAM karmmaNAM yastu sAdhakaH paramezvaraH| sa evedaM vadedvAkyaM zeSAH sakalamAnavAH| bhinnadezIyalokAzca yAvanto mama nAmataH| bhavanti hi suvikhyAtAste yathA paramezituH|
17 tatvaM samyak samIhante tannimittamahaM kila| parAvRtya samAgatya dAyUdaH patitaM punaH| dUSyamutthApayiSyAmi tadIyaM sarvvavastu ca| patitaM punaruthApya sajjayiSyAmi sarvvathA||
18 A prathamAd IzvaraH svIyAni sarvvakarmmANi jAnAti| (aiōn )
19 ataeva mama nivedanamidaM bhinnadezIyalokAnAM madhye ye janA IzvaraM prati parAvarttanta teSAmupari anyaM kamapi bhAraM na nyasya
20 devatAprasAdAzucibhakSyaM vyabhicArakarmma kaNThasampIDanamAritaprANibhakSyaM raktabhakSyaJca etAni parityaktuM likhAmaH|
21 yataH pUrvvakAlato mUsAvyavasthApracAriNo lokA nagare nagare santi prativizrAmavAraJca bhajanabhavane tasyAH pATho bhavati|
22 tataH paraM preritagaNo lokaprAcInagaNaH sarvvA maNDalI ca sveSAM madhye barzabbA nAmnA vikhyAto manonItau kRtvA paulabarNabbAbhyAM sArddham AntiyakhiyAnagaraM prati preSaNam ucitaM buddhvA tAbhyAM patraM praiSayan|
23 tasmin patre likhitamiMda, AntiyakhiyA-suriyA-kilikiyAdezasthabhinnadezIyabhrAtRgaNAya preritagaNasya lokaprAcInagaNasya bhrAtRgaNasya ca namaskAraH|
24 vizeSato'smAkam AjJAm aprApyApi kiyanto janA asmAkaM madhyAd gatvA tvakchedo mUsAvyavasthA ca pAlayitavyAviti yuSmAn zikSayitvA yuSmAkaM manasAmasthairyyaM kRtvA yuSmAn sasandehAn akurvvan etAM kathAM vayam azRnma|
25 tatkAraNAd vayam ekamantraNAH santaH sabhAyAM sthitvA prabho ryIzukhrISTasya nAmanimittaM mRtyumukhagatAbhyAmasmAkaM
26 priyabarNabbApaulAbhyAM sArddhaM manonItalokAnAM keSAJcid yuSmAkaM sannidhau preSaNam ucitaM buddhavantaH|
27 ato yihUdAsIlau yuSmAn prati preSitavantaH, etayo rmukhAbhyAM sarvvAM kathAM jJAsyatha|
28 devatAprasAdabhakSyaM raktabhakSyaM galapIDanamAritaprANibhakSyaM vyabhicArakarmma cemAni sarvvANi yuSmAbhistyAjyAni; etatprayojanIyAjJAvyatirekena yuSmAkam upari bhAramanyaM na nyasituM pavitrasyAtmano'smAkaJca ucitajJAnam abhavat|
29 ataeva tebhyaH sarvvebhyaH sveSu rakSiteSu yUyaM bhadraM karmma kariSyatha| yuSmAkaM maGgalaM bhUyAt|
30 te visRSTAH santa AntiyakhiyAnagara upasthAya lokanivahaM saMgRhya patram adadan|
31 tataste tatpatraM paThitvA sAntvanAM prApya sAnandA abhavan|
32 yihUdAsIlau ca svayaM pracArakau bhUtvA bhrAtRgaNaM nAnopadizya tAn susthirAn akurutAm|
33 itthaM tau tatra taiH sAkaM katipayadinAni yApayitvA pazcAt preritAnAM samIpe pratyAgamanArthaM teSAM sannidheH kalyANena visRSTAvabhavatAM|
34 kintu sIlastatra sthAtuM vAJchitavAn|
35 aparaM paulabarNabbau bahavaH ziSyAzca lokAn upadizya prabhoH susaMvAdaM pracArayanta AntiyakhiyAyAM kAlaM yApitavantaH|
36 katipayadineSu gateSu paulo barNabbAm avadat AgacchAvAM yeSu nagareSvIzvarasya susaMvAdaM pracAritavantau tAni sarvvanagarANi punargatvA bhrAtaraH kIdRzAH santIti draSTuM tAn sAkSAt kurvvaH|
37 tena mArkanAmnA vikhyAtaM yohanaM saGginaM karttuM barNabbA matimakarot,
38 kintu sa pUrvvaM tAbhyAM saha kAryyArthaM na gatvA pAmphUliyAdeze tau tyaktavAn tatkAraNAt paulastaM saGginaM karttum anucitaM jJAtavAn|
39 itthaM tayoratizayavirodhasyopasthitatvAt tau parasparaM pRthagabhavatAM tato barNabbA mArkaM gRhItvA potena kupropadvIpaM gatavAn;
40 kintu paulaH sIlaM manonItaM kRtvA bhrAtRbhirIzvarAnugrahe samarpitaH san prasthAya
41 suriyAkilikiyAdezAbhyAM maNDalIH sthirIkurvvan agacchat|
