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Ⅰ anantaram EtAsu kathAsu samAptAsu yIzu rgAlIlapradEzAt prasthAya yardantIrasthaM yihUdApradEzaM prAptaH|
Ⅱ tadA tatpazcAt jananivahE gatE sa tatra tAn nirAmayAn akarOt|
Ⅲ tadanantaraM phirUzinastatsamIpamAgatya pArIkSituM taM papracchuH, kasmAdapi kAraNAt narENa svajAyA parityAjyA na vA?
Ⅳ sa pratyuvAca, prathamam IzvarO naratvEna nArItvEna ca manujAn sasarja, tasmAt kathitavAn,
Ⅴ mAnuSaH svapitarau parityajya svapatnyAm AsakSyatE, tau dvau janAvEkAggau bhaviSyataH, kimEtad yuSmAbhi rna paThitam?
Ⅵ atastau puna rna dvau tayOrEkAggatvaM jAtaM, IzvarENa yacca samayujyata, manujO na tad bhindyAt|
Ⅶ tadAnIM tE taM pratyavadan, tathAtvE tyAjyapatraM dattvA svAM svAM jAyAM tyaktuM vyavasthAM mUsAH kathaM lilEkha?
Ⅷ tataH sa kathitavAn, yuSmAkaM manasAM kAThinyAd yuSmAn svAM svAM jAyAM tyaktum anvamanyata kintu prathamAd ESO vidhirnAsIt|
Ⅸ atO yuSmAnahaM vadAmi, vyabhicAraM vinA yO nijajAyAM tyajEt anyAnjca vivahEt, sa paradArAn gacchati; yazca tyaktAM nArIM vivahati sOpi paradArESu ramatE|
Ⅹ tadA tasya ziSyAstaM babhASirE, yadi svajAyayA sAkaM puMsa EtAdRk sambandhO jAyatE, tarhi vivahanamEva na bhadraM|
Ⅺ tataH sa uktavAn, yEbhyastatsAmarthyaM AdAyi, tAn vinAnyaH kOpi manuja EtanmataM grahItuM na zaknOti|
Ⅻ katipayA jananaklIbaH katipayA narakRtaklIbaH svargarAjyAya katipayAH svakRtaklIbAzca santi, yE grahItuM zaknuvanti tE gRhlantu|
ⅩⅢ aparam yathA sa zizUnAM gAtrESu hastaM datvA prArthayatE, tadarthaM tatsamIMpaM zizava AnIyanta, tata AnayitRn ziSyAstiraskRtavantaH|
ⅩⅣ kintu yIzuruvAca, zizavO madantikam Agacchantu, tAn mA vArayata, EtAdRzAM zizUnAmEva svargarAjyaM|
ⅩⅤ tataH sa tESAM gAtrESu hastaM datvA tasmAt sthAnAt pratasthE|
ⅩⅥ aparam Eka Agatya taM papraccha, hE paramagurO, anantAyuH prAptuM mayA kiM kiM satkarmma karttavyaM?
ⅩⅦ tataH sa uvAca, mAM paramaM kutO vadasi? vinEzcaraM na kOpi paramaH, kintu yadyanantAyuH prAptuM vAnjchasi, tarhyAjnjAH pAlaya|
ⅩⅧ tadA sa pRSTavAn, kAH kA AjnjAH? tatO yIzuH kathitavAn, naraM mA hanyAH, paradArAn mA gacchEH, mA cOrayEH, mRSAsAkSyaM mA dadyAH,
ⅩⅨ nijapitarau saMmanyasva, svasamIpavAsini svavat prEma kuru|
ⅩⅩ sa yuvA kathitavAn, A bAlyAd EtAH pAlayAmi, idAnIM kiM nyUnamAstE?
ⅩⅪ tatO yIzuravadat, yadi siddhO bhavituM vAnjchasi, tarhi gatvA nijasarvvasvaM vikrIya daridrEbhyO vitara, tataH svargE vittaM lapsyasE; Agaccha, matpazcAdvarttI ca bhava|
ⅩⅫ EtAM vAcaM zrutvA sa yuvA svIyabahusampattE rviSaNaH san calitavAn|
ⅩⅩⅢ tadA yIzuH svaziSyAn avadat, dhaninAM svargarAjyapravEzO mahAduSkara iti yuSmAnahaM tathyaM vadAmi|
ⅩⅩⅣ punarapi yuSmAnahaM vadAmi, dhaninAM svargarAjyapravEzAt sUcIchidrENa mahAggagamanaM sukaraM|
ⅩⅩⅤ iti vAkyaM nizamya ziSyA aticamatkRtya kathayAmAsuH; tarhi kasya paritrANaM bhavituM zaknOti?
ⅩⅩⅥ tadA sa tAn dRSdvA kathayAmAsa, tat mAnuSANAmazakyaM bhavati, kintvIzvarasya sarvvaM zakyam|
ⅩⅩⅦ tadA pitarastaM gaditavAn, pazya, vayaM sarvvaM parityajya bhavataH pazcAdvarttinO 'bhavAma; vayaM kiM prApsyAmaH?
ⅩⅩⅧ tatO yIzuH kathitavAn, yuSmAnahaM tathyaM vadAmi, yUyaM mama pazcAdvarttinO jAtA iti kAraNAt navInasRSTikAlE yadA manujasutaH svIyaizcaryyasiMhAsana upavEkSyati, tadA yUyamapi dvAdazasiMhAsanESUpavizya isrAyElIyadvAdazavaMzAnAM vicAraM kariSyatha|
ⅩⅩⅨ anyacca yaH kazcit mama nAmakAraNAt gRhaM vA bhrAtaraM vA bhaginIM vA pitaraM vA mAtaraM vA jAyAM vA bAlakaM vA bhUmiM parityajati, sa tESAM zataguNaM lapsyatE, anantAyumO'dhikAritvanjca prApsyati|
ⅩⅩⅩ kintu agrIyA anEkE janAH pazcAt, pazcAtIyAzcAnEkE lOkA agrE bhaviSyanti|