mathiH.
4.
tataH paraM yIzuH pratArakENa parIkSitO bhavitum AtmanA prAntaram AkRSTaH 
san catvAriMzadahOrAtrAn anAhArastiSThan kSudhitO babhUva| 
tadAnIM parIkSitA tatsamIpam Agatya vyAhRtavAn, yadi tvamIzvarAtmajO bhavEstarhyAjnjayA pASANAnEtAn pUpAn vidhEhi| 
tataH sa pratyabravIt, itthaM likhitamAstE, "manujaH kEvalapUpEna na jIviSyati, kintvIzvarasya vadanAd yAni yAni vacAMsi niHsaranti tairEva jIviSyati|" 
tadA pratArakastaM puNyanagaraM nItvA mandirasya cUPOpari nidhAya gaditavAn, 
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|| 
tadAnIM yIzustasmai kathitavAn Etadapi likhitamAstE, "tvaM nijaprabhuM paramEzvaraM mA parIkSasva|" 
anantaraM pratArakaH punarapi tam atyunjcadharAdharOpari nItvA jagataH sakalarAjyAni tadaizvaryyANi ca darzayAzcakAra kathayAnjcakAra ca, 
yadi tvaM daNPavad bhavan mAM praNamEstarhyaham EtAni tubhyaM pradAsyAmi| 
tadAnIM yIzustamavOcat, dUrIbhava pratAraka, likhitamidam AstE, "tvayA nijaH prabhuH paramEzvaraH praNamyaH kEvalaH sa sEvyazca|" 
tataH pratArakENa sa paryyatyAji, tadA svargIyadUtairAgatya sa siSEvE| 
tadanantaraM yOhan kArAyAM babandhE, tadvArttAM nizamya yIzunA gAlIl prAsthIyata| 
tataH paraM sa nAsarannagaraM vihAya jalaghEstaTE sibUlUnnaptAlI EtayOruvabhayOH pradEzayOH sImnOrmadhyavarttI ya: kapharnAhUm tannagaram itvA nyavasat| 
tasmAt, anyAdEzIyagAlIli yarddanpArE'bdhirOdhasi| naptAlisibUlUndEzau yatra sthAnE sthitau purA| 
tatratyA manujA yE yE paryyabhrAmyan tamisrakE| tairjanairbRhadAlOkaH paridarziSyatE tadA| avasan yE janA dEzE mRtyucchAyAsvarUpakE| tESAmupari lOkAnAmAlOkaH saMprakAzitaH|| 
yadEtadvacanaM yizayiyabhaviSyadvAdinA prOktaM, tat tadA saphalam abhUt| 
anantaraM yIzuH susaMvAdaM pracArayan EtAM kathAM kathayitum ArEbhE, manAMsi parAvarttayata, svargIyarAjatvaM savidhamabhavat| 
tataH paraM yIzu rgAlIlO jaladhEstaTEna gacchan gacchan Andriyastasya bhrAtA zimOn arthatO yaM pitaraM vadanti EtAvubhau jalaghau jAlaM kSipantau dadarza, yatastau mInadhAriNAvAstAm| 
tadA sa tAvAhUya vyAjahAra, yuvAM mama pazcAd AgacchataM, yuvAmahaM manujadhAriNau kariSyAmi| 
tEnaiva tau jAlaM vihAya tasya pazcAt AgacchatAm| 
anantaraM tasmAt sthAnAt vrajan vrajan sivadiyasya sutau yAkUb yOhannAmAnau dvau sahajau tAtEna sArddhaM naukOpari jAlasya jIrNOddhAraM kurvvantau vIkSya tAvAhUtavAn| 
tatkSaNAt tau nAvaM svatAtanjca vihAya tasya pazcAdgAminau babhUvatuH| 
anantaraM bhajanabhavanE samupadizan rAjyasya susaMvAdaM pracArayan manujAnAM sarvvaprakArAn rOgAn sarvvaprakArapIPAzca zamayan yIzuH kRtsnaM gAlIldEzaM bhramitum Arabhata| 
tEna kRtsnasuriyAdEzasya madhyaM tasya yazO vyApnOt, aparaM bhUtagrastA apasmArargINaH pakSAdhAtiprabhRtayazca yAvantO manujA nAnAvidhavyAdhibhiH kliSTA Asan, tESu sarvvESu tasya samIpam AnItESu sa tAn svasthAn cakAra| 
EtEna gAlIl-dikApani-yirUzAlam-yihUdIyadEzEbhyO yarddanaH pArAnjca bahavO manujAstasya pazcAd Agacchan|