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1 aparañcāhaṁ punaḥ śokāya yuṣmatsannidhiṁ na gamiṣyāmīti manasi niracaiṣaṁ|
2 yasmād ahaṁ yadi yuṣmān śokayuktān karomi tarhi mayā yaḥ śokayuktīkṛtastaṁ vinā kenāpareṇāhaṁ harṣayiṣye?
3 mama yo harṣaḥ sa yuṣmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ harṣa eveti niścitaṁ mayābodhi; ataeva yairahaṁ harṣayitavyastai rmadupasthitisamaye yanmama śoko na jāyeta tadarthameva yuṣmabhyam etādṛśaṁ patraṁ mayā likhitaṁ|
4 vastutastu bahukleśasya manaḥpīḍāyāśca samaye'haṁ bahvaśrupātena patramekaṁ likhitavān yuṣmākaṁ śokārthaṁ tannahi kintu yuṣmāsu madīyapremabāhulyasya jñāpanārthaṁ|
5 yenāhaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastena kevalamahaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastannahi kintvaṁśato yūyaṁ sarvve'pi yato'hamatra kasmiṁścid doṣamāropayituṁ necchāmi|
6 bahūnāṁ yat tarjjanaṁ tena janenālambhi tat tadarthaṁ pracuraṁ|
7 ataḥ sa duḥkhasāgare yanna nimajjati tadarthaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ sa kṣantavyaḥ sāntvayitavyaśca|
8 iti hetoḥ prarthaye'haṁ yuṣmābhistasmin dayā kriyatāṁ|
9 yūyaṁ sarvvakarmmaṇi mamādeśaṁ gṛhlītha na veti parīkṣitum ahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhitavān|
10 yasya yo doṣo yuṣmābhiḥ kṣamyate tasya sa doṣo mayāpi kṣamyate yaśca doṣo mayā kṣamyate sa yuṣmākaṁ kṛte khrīṣṭasya sākṣāt kṣamyate|
11 śayatānaḥ kalpanāsmābhirajñātā nahi, ato vayaṁ yat tena na vañcyāmahe tadartham asmābhiḥ sāvadhānai rbhavitavyaṁ|
12 aparañca khrīṣṭasya susaṁvādaghoṣaṇārthaṁ mayi troyānagaramāgate prabhoḥ karmmaṇe ca madarthaṁ dvāre mukte
13 satyapi svabhrātustītasyāvidyamānatvāt madīyātmanaḥ kāpi śānti rna babhūva, tasmād ahaṁ tān visarjjanaṁ yācitvā mākidaniyādeśaṁ gantuṁ prasthānam akaravaṁ|
14 ya īśvaraḥ sarvvadā khrīṣṭenāsmān jayinaḥ karoti sarvvatra cāsmābhistadīyajñānasya gandhaṁ prakāśayati sa dhanyaḥ|
15 yasmād ye trāṇaṁ lapsyante ye ca vināśaṁ gamiṣyanti tān prati vayam īśvareṇa khrīṣṭasya saugandhyaṁ bhavāmaḥ|
16 vayam ekeṣāṁ mṛtyave mṛtyugandhā apareṣāñca jīvanāya jīvanagandhā bhavāmaḥ, kintvetādṛśakarmmasādhane kaḥ samartho'sti?
17 anye bahavo lokā yadvad īśvarasya vākyaṁ mṛṣāśikṣayā miśrayanti vayaṁ tadvat tanna miśrayantaḥ saralabhāveneśvarasya sākṣād īśvarasyādeśāt khrīṣṭena kathāṁ bhāṣāmahe|