< 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 bhavestarhyAjJayA 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 cUDopari 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 atyuJcadharAdharopari nItvA jagataH sakalarAjyAni tadaizvaryyANi ca darzayAzcakAra kathayAJcakAra ca,
9 yadi tvaM daNDavad 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 svatAtaJca vihAya tasya pazcAdgAminau babhUvatuH|
23 anantaraM bhajanabhavane samupadizan rAjyasya susaMvAdaM pracArayan manujAnAM sarvvaprakArAn rogAn sarvvaprakArapIDAzca 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 pArAJca bahavo manujAstasya pazcAd Agacchan|
