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Ⅰ aparanjca yIzu rdvAdazabhiH ziSyaiH sArddhaM nAnAnagarESu nAnAgrAmESu ca gacchan izvarIyarAjatvasya susaMvAdaM pracArayituM prArEbhE|
Ⅱ tadA yasyAH sapta bhUtA niragacchan sA magdalInIti vikhyAtA mariyam hErOdrAjasya gRhAdhipatEH hOSE rbhAryyA yOhanA zUzAnA
Ⅲ prabhRtayO yA bahvyaH striyaH duSTabhUtEbhyO rOgEbhyazca muktAH satyO nijavibhUtI rvyayitvA tamasEvanta, tAH sarvvAstEna sArddham Asan|
Ⅳ anantaraM nAnAnagarEbhyO bahavO lOkA Agatya tasya samIpE'milan, tadA sa tEbhya EkAM dRSTAntakathAM kathayAmAsa| EkaH kRSIbalO bIjAni vaptuM bahirjagAma,
Ⅴ tatO vapanakAlE katipayAni bIjAni mArgapArzvE pEtuH, tatastAni padatalai rdalitAni pakSibhi rbhakSitAni ca|
Ⅵ katipayAni bIjAni pASANasthalE patitAni yadyapi tAnyagkuritAni tathApi rasAbhAvAt zuzuSuH|
Ⅶ katipayAni bIjAni kaNTakivanamadhyE patitAni tataH kaNTakivanAni saMvRddhya tAni jagrasuH|
Ⅷ tadanyAni katipayabIjAni ca bhUmyAmuttamAyAM pEtustatastAnyagkurayitvA zataguNAni phalAni phEluH| sa imA kathAM kathayitvA prOccaiH prOvAca, yasya zrOtuM zrOtrE staH sa zRNOtu|
Ⅸ tataH paraM ziSyAstaM papracchurasya dRSTAntasya kiM tAtparyyaM?
Ⅹ tataH sa vyAjahAra, IzvarIyarAjyasya guhyAni jnjAtuM yuSmabhyamadhikArO dIyatE kintvanyE yathA dRSTvApi na pazyanti zrutvApi ma budhyantE ca tadarthaM tESAM purastAt tAH sarvvAH kathA dRSTAntEna kathyantE|
Ⅺ dRSTAntasyAsyAbhiprAyaH, IzvarIyakathA bIjasvarUpA|
Ⅻ yE kathAmAtraM zRNvanti kintu pazcAd vizvasya yathA paritrANaM na prApnuvanti tadAzayEna zaitAnEtya hRdayAtR tAM kathAm apaharati ta Eva mArgapArzvasthabhUmisvarUpAH|
ⅩⅢ yE kathaM zrutvA sAnandaM gRhlanti kintvabaddhamUlatvAt svalpakAlamAtraM pratItya parIkSAkAlE bhrazyanti taEva pASANabhUmisvarUpAH|
ⅩⅣ yE kathAM zrutvA yAnti viSayacintAyAM dhanalObhEna EेhikasukhE ca majjanta upayuktaphalAni na phalanti ta EvOptabIjakaNTakibhUsvarUpAH|
ⅩⅤ kintu yE zrutvA saralaiH zuddhaizcAntaHkaraNaiH kathAM gRhlanti dhairyyam avalambya phalAnyutpAdayanti ca ta EvOttamamRtsvarUpAH|
ⅩⅥ aparanjca pradIpaM prajvAlya kOpi pAtrENa nAcchAdayati tathA khaTvAdhOpi na sthApayati, kintu dIpAdhArOparyyEva sthApayati, tasmAt pravEzakA dIptiM pazyanti|
ⅩⅦ yanna prakAzayiSyatE tAdRg aprakAzitaM vastu kimapi nAsti yacca na suvyaktaM pracArayiSyatE tAdRg gRptaM vastu kimapi nAsti|
ⅩⅧ atO yUyaM kEna prakArENa zRNutha tatra sAvadhAnA bhavata, yasya samIpE barddhatE tasmai punardAsyatE kintu yasyAzrayE na barddhatE tasya yadyadasti tadapi tasmAt nESyatE|
ⅩⅨ aparanjca yIzO rmAtA bhrAtarazca tasya samIpaM jigamiSavaH
ⅩⅩ kintu janatAsambAdhAt tatsannidhiM prAptuM na zEkuH| tatpazcAt tava mAtA bhrAtarazca tvAM sAkSAt cikIrSantO bahistiSThanatIti vArttAyAM tasmai kathitAyAM
ⅩⅪ sa pratyuvAca; yE janA Izvarasya kathAM zrutvA tadanurUpamAcaranti taEva mama mAtA bhrAtarazca|
ⅩⅫ anantaraM EkadA yIzuH ziSyaiH sArddhaM nAvamAruhya jagAda, AyAta vayaM hradasya pAraM yAmaH, tatastE jagmuH|
ⅩⅩⅢ tESu naukAM vAhayatsu sa nidadrau;
ⅩⅩⅣ athAkasmAt prabalajhanjbhzagamAd hradE naukAyAM taraggairAcchannAyAM vipat tAn jagrAsa|tasmAd yIzOrantikaM gatvA hE gurO hE gurO prANA nO yAntIti gaditvA taM jAgarayAmbabhUvuH|tadA sa utthAya vAyuM taraggAMzca tarjayAmAsa tasmAdubhau nivRtya sthirau babhUvatuH|
ⅩⅩⅤ sa tAn babhASE yuSmAkaM vizvAsaH ka? tasmAttE bhItA vismitAzca parasparaM jagaduH, ahO kIdRgayaM manujaH pavanaM pAnIyanjcAdizati tadubhayaM tadAdEzaM vahati|
ⅩⅩⅥ tataH paraM gAlIlpradEzasya sammukhasthagidErIyapradEzE naukAyAM lagantyAM taTE'varOhamAvAd
ⅩⅩⅦ bahutithakAlaM bhUtagrasta EkO mAnuSaH purAdAgatya taM sAkSAccakAra| sa manuSO vAsO na paridadhat gRhE ca na vasan kEvalaM zmazAnam adhyuvAsa|
ⅩⅩⅧ sa yIzuM dRSTvaiva cIcchabdaM cakAra tasya sammukhE patitvA prOccairjagAda ca, hE sarvvapradhAnEzvarasya putra, mayA saha tava kaH sambandhaH? tvayi vinayaM karOmi mAM mA yAtaya|
ⅩⅩⅨ yataH sa taM mAnuSaM tyaktvA yAtum amEdhyabhUtam AdidEza; sa bhUtastaM mAnuSam asakRd dadhAra tasmAllOkAH zRgkhalEna nigaPEna ca babandhuH; sa tad bhaMktvA bhUtavazatvAt madhyEprAntaraM yayau|
ⅩⅩⅩ anantaraM yIzustaM papraccha tava kinnAma? sa uvAca, mama nAma bAhinO yatO bahavO bhUtAstamAzizriyuH|
ⅩⅩⅪ atha bhUtA vinayEna jagaduH, gabhIraM garttaM gantuM mAjnjApayAsmAn|
ⅩⅩⅫ tadA parvvatOpari varAhavrajazcarati tasmAd bhUtA vinayEna prOcuH, amuM varAhavrajam Azrayitum asmAn anujAnIhi; tataH sOnujajnjau|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ tataH paraM bhUtAstaM mAnuSaM vihAya varAhavrajam AzizriyuH varAhavrajAzca tatkSaNAt kaTakEna dhAvantO hradE prANAn vijRhuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ tad dRSTvA zUkararakSakAH palAyamAnA nagaraM grAmanjca gatvA tatsarvvavRttAntaM kathayAmAsuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ tataH kiM vRttam EtaddarzanArthaM lOkA nirgatya yIzOH samIpaM yayuH, taM mAnuSaM tyaktabhUtaM parihitavastraM svasthamAnuSavad yIzOzcaraNasannidhau sUpavizantaM vilOkya bibhyuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ yE lOkAstasya bhUtagrastasya svAsthyakaraNaM dadRzustE tEbhyaH sarvvavRttAntaM kathayAmAsuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ tadanantaraM tasya gidErIyapradEzasya caturdiksthA bahavO janA atitrastA vinayEna taM jagaduH, bhavAn asmAkaM nikaTAd vrajatu tasmAt sa nAvamAruhya tatO vyAghuTya jagAma|
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ tadAnIM tyaktabhUtamanujastEna saha sthAtuM prArthayAnjcakrE
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ kintu tadartham IzvaraH kIdRgmahAkarmma kRtavAn iti nivEzanaM gatvA vijnjApaya, yIzuH kathAmEtAM kathayitvA taM visasarja| tataH sa vrajitvA yIzustadarthaM yanmahAkarmma cakAra tat purasya sarvvatra prakAzayituM prArEbhE|
ⅩⅬ atha yIzau parAvRtyAgatE lOkAstaM AdarENa jagRhu ryasmAttE sarvvE tamapEkSAnjcakrirE|
ⅩⅬⅠ tadanantaraM yAyIrnAmnO bhajanagEhasyaikOdhipa Agatya yIzOzcaraNayOH patitvA svanivEzanAgamanArthaM tasmin vinayaM cakAra,
ⅩⅬⅡ yatastasya dvAdazavarSavayaskA kanyaikAsIt sA mRtakalpAbhavat| tatastasya gamanakAlE mArgE lOkAnAM mahAn samAgamO babhUva|
ⅩⅬⅢ dvAdazavarSANi pradararOgagrastA nAnA vaidyaizcikitsitA sarvvasvaM vyayitvApi svAsthyaM na prAptA yA yOSit sA yIzOH pazcAdAgatya tasya vastragranthiM pasparza|
ⅩⅬⅣ tasmAt tatkSaNAt tasyA raktasrAvO ruddhaH|
ⅩⅬⅤ tadAnIM yIzuravadat kEnAhaM spRSTaH? tatO'nEkairanaggIkRtE pitarastasya sagginazcAvadan, hE gurO lOkA nikaTasthAH santastava dEhE gharSayanti, tathApi kEnAhaM spRSTa_iti bhavAn kutaH pRcchati?
ⅩⅬⅥ yIzuH kathayAmAsa, kEnApyahaM spRSTO, yatO mattaH zakti rnirgatEti mayA nizcitamajnjAyi|
ⅩⅬⅦ tadA sA nArI svayaM na guptEti viditvA kampamAnA satI tasya sammukhE papAta; yEna nimittEna taM pasparza sparzamAtrAcca yEna prakArENa svasthAbhavat tat sarvvaM tasya sAkSAdAcakhyau|
ⅩⅬⅧ tataH sa tAM jagAda hE kanyE susthirA bhava, tava vizvAsastvAM svasthAm akArSIt tvaM kSEmENa yAhi|
ⅩⅬⅨ yIzOrEtadvAkyavadanakAlE tasyAdhipatE rnivEzanAt kazcillOka Agatya taM babhASE, tava kanyA mRtA guruM mA klizAna|
Ⅼ kintu yIzustadAkarNyAdhipatiM vyAjahAra, mA bhaiSIH kEvalaM vizvasihi tasmAt sA jIviSyati|
ⅬⅠ atha tasya nivEzanE prAptE sa pitaraM yOhanaM yAkUbanjca kanyAyA mAtaraM pitaranjca vinA, anyaM kanjcana pravESTuM vArayAmAsa|
ⅬⅡ aparanjca yE rudanti vilapanti ca tAn sarvvAn janAn uvAca, yUyaM mA rOdiSTa kanyA na mRtA nidrAti|
ⅬⅢ kintu sA nizcitaM mRtEti jnjAtvA tE tamupajahasuH|
ⅬⅣ pazcAt sa sarvvAn bahiH kRtvA kanyAyAH karau dhRtvAjuhuvE, hE kanyE tvamuttiSTha,
ⅬⅤ tasmAt tasyAH prANESu punarAgatESu sA tatkSaNAd uttasyau| tadAnIM tasyai kinjcid bhakSyaM dAtum AdidEza|
ⅬⅥ tatastasyAH pitarau vismayaM gatau kintu sa tAvAdidEza ghaTanAyA EtasyAH kathAM kasmaicidapi mA kathayataM|