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anantaraM yIzuH puna rbhajanagRhaM praviSTastasmin sthAnE zuSkahasta EkO mAnava AsIt| 
sa vizrAmavArE tamarOgiNaM kariSyati navEtyatra bahavastam apavadituM chidramapEkSitavantaH| 
tadA sa taM zuSkahastaM manuSyaM jagAda madhyasthAnE tvamuttiSTha| 
tataH paraM sa tAn papraccha vizrAmavArE hitamahitaM tathA hi prANarakSA vA prANanAza ESAM madhyE kiM karaNIyaM ? kintu tE niHzabdAstasthuH| 
tadA sa tESAmantaHkaraNAnAM kAThinyAddhEtO rduHkhitaH krOdhAt cartuिdazO dRSTavAn taM mAnuSaM gaditavAn taM hastaM vistAraya, tatastEna hastE vistRtE taddhastO'nyahastavad arOgO jAtaH| 
atha phirUzinaH prasthAya taM nAzayituM hErOdIyaiH saha mantrayitumArEbhirE| 
ataEva yIzustatsthAnaM parityajya ziSyaiH saha punaH sAgarasamIpaM gataH; 
tatO gAlIlyihUdA-yirUzAlam-idOm-yardannadIpArasthAnEbhyO lOkasamUhastasya pazcAd gataH; tadanyaH sOrasIdanOH samIpavAsilOkasamUhazca tasya mahAkarmmaNAM vArttaM zrutvA tasya sannidhimAgataH| 
tadA lOkasamUhazcEt tasyOpari patati ityAzagkya sa nAvamEkAM nikaTE sthApayituM ziSyAnAdiSTavAn| 
yatO'nEkamanuSyANAmArOgyakaraNAd vyAdhigrastAH sarvvE taM spraSTuM parasparaM balEna yatnavantaH| 
aparanjca apavitrabhUtAstaM dRSTvA taccaraNayOH patitvA prOcaiH prOcuH, tvamIzvarasya putraH| 
kintu sa tAn dRPham AjnjApya svaM paricAyituM niSiddhavAn| 
anantaraM sa parvvatamAruhya yaM yaM praticchA taM tamAhUtavAn tatastE tatsamIpamAgatAH| 
tadA sa dvAdazajanAn svEna saha sthAtuM susaMvAdapracArAya prEritA bhavituM 
sarvvaprakAravyAdhInAM zamanakaraNAya prabhAvaM prAptuM bhUtAn tyAjayitunjca niyuktavAn| 
tESAM nAmAnImAni, zimOn sivadiputrO 
yAkUb tasya bhrAtA yOhan ca AndriyaH philipO barthalamayaH, 
mathI thOmA ca AlphIyaputrO yAkUb thaddIyaH kinAnIyaH zimOn yastaM parahastESvarpayiSyati sa ISkariyOtIyayihUdAzca| 
sa zimOnE pitara ityupanAma dadau yAkUbyOhanbhyAM ca binErigiz arthatO mEghanAdaputrAvityupanAma dadau| 
anantaraM tE nivEzanaM gatAH, kintu tatrApi punarmahAn janasamAgamO 'bhavat tasmAttE bhOktumapyavakAzaM na prAptAH| 
tatastasya suhRllOkA imAM vArttAM prApya sa hatajnjAnObhUd iti kathAM kathayitvA taM dhRtvAnEtuM gatAH| 
aparanjca yirUzAlama AgatA yE yE'dhyApakAstE jagadurayaM puruSO bhUtapatyAbiSTastEna bhUtapatinA bhUtAn tyAjayati| 
tatastAnAhUya yIzu rdRSTAntaiH kathAM kathitavAn zaitAn kathaM zaitAnaM tyAjayituM zaknOti? 
kinjcana rAjyaM yadi svavirOdhEna pRthag bhavati tarhi tad rAjyaM sthiraM sthAtuM na zaknOti| 
tathA kasyApi parivArO yadi parasparaM virOdhI bhavati tarhi sOpi parivAraH sthiraM sthAtuM na zaknOti| 
tadvat zaitAn yadi svavipakSatayA uttiSThan bhinnO bhavati tarhi sOpi sthiraM sthAtuM na zaknOti kintUcchinnO bhavati| 
aparanjca prabalaM janaM prathamaM na baddhA kOpi tasya gRhaM pravizya dravyANi luNThayituM na zaknOti, taM badvvaiva tasya gRhasya dravyANi luNThayituM zaknOti| 
atOhEtO ryuSmabhyamahaM satyaM kathayAmi manuSyANAM santAnA yAni yAni pApAnIzvaranindAnjca kurvvanti tESAM tatsarvvESAmaparAdhAnAM kSamA bhavituM zaknOti, 
kintu yaH kazcit pavitramAtmAnaM nindati tasyAparAdhasya kSamA kadApi na bhaviSyati sOnantadaNPasyArhO bhaviSyati| 
tasyApavitrabhUtO'sti tESAmEtatkathAhEtOH sa itthaM kathitavAn| 
atha tasya mAtA bhrAtRgaNazcAgatya bahistiSThanatO lOkAn prESya tamAhUtavantaH| 
tatastatsannidhau samupaviSTA lOkAstaM babhASirE pazya bahistava mAtA bhrAtarazca tvAm anvicchanti| 
tadA sa tAn pratyuvAca mama mAtA kA bhrAtarO vA kE? tataH paraM sa svamIpOpaviSTAn ziSyAn prati avalOkanaM kRtvA kathayAmAsa 
pazyataitE mama mAtA bhrAtarazca| 
yaH kazcid IzvarasyESTAM kriyAM karOti sa Eva mama bhrAtA bhaginI mAtA ca|