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hE pitRgaNA hE bhrAtRgaNAH, idAnIM mama nivEdanE samavadhatta| 
tadA sa ibrIyabhASayA kathAM kathayatIti zrutvA sarvvE lOkA atIva niHzabdA santO'tiSThan| 
pazcAt sO'kathayad ahaM yihUdIya iti nizcayaH kilikiyAdEzasya tArSanagaraM mama janmabhUmiH,EtannagarIyasya gamilIyElanAmnO'dhyApakasya ziSyO bhUtvA pUrvvapuruSANAM vidhivyavasthAnusArENa sampUrNarUpENa zikSitO'bhavam idAnIntanA yUyaM yAdRzA bhavatha tAdRzO'hamapIzvarasEvAyAm udyOgI jAtaH| 
matamEtad dviSTvA tadgrAhinArIpuruSAn kArAyAM baddhvA tESAM prANanAzaparyyantAM vipakSatAm akaravam| 
mahAyAjakaH sabhAsadaH prAcInalOkAzca mamaitasyAH kathAyAH pramANaM dAtuM zaknuvanti, yasmAt tESAM samIpAd dammESakanagaranivAsibhrAtRgaNArtham AjnjApatrANi gRhItvA yE tatra sthitAstAn daNPayituM yirUzAlamam AnayanArthaM dammESakanagaraM gatOsmi| 
kintu gacchan tannagarasya samIpaM prAptavAn tadA dvitIyapraharavElAyAM satyAm akasmAd gagaNAnnirgatya mahatI dIpti rmama caturdizi prakAzitavatI| 
tatO mayi bhUmauै patitE sati, hE zaula hE zaula kutO mAM tAPayasi? mAmprati bhASita EtAdRza EkO ravOpi mayA zrutaH| 
tadAhaM pratyavadaM, hE prabhE kO bhavAn? tataH sO'vAdIt yaM tvaM tAPayasi sa nAsaratIyO yIzurahaM| 
mama sagginO lOkAstAM dIptiM dRSTvA bhiyaM prAptAH, kintu mAmpratyuditaM tadvAkyaM tEे nAbudhyanta| 
tataH paraM pRSTavAnahaM, hE prabhO mayA kiM karttavyaM? tataH prabhurakathayat, utthAya dammESakanagaraM yAhi tvayA yadyat karttavyaM nirUpitamAstE tat tatra tvaM jnjApayiSyasE| 
anantaraM tasyAH kharataradIptEH kAraNAt kimapi na dRSTvA saggigaNEna dhRtahastaH san dammESakanagaraM vrajitavAn| 
tannagaranivAsinAM sarvvESAM yihUdIyAnAM mAnyO vyavasthAnusArENa bhaktazca hanAnIyanAmA mAnava EkO 
mama sannidhim Etya tiSThan akathayat, hE bhrAtaH zaula sudRSTi rbhava tasmin daNPE'haM samyak taM dRSTavAn| 
tataH sa mahyaM kathitavAn yathA tvam IzvarasyAbhiprAyaM vEtsi tasya zuddhasattvajanasya darzanaM prApya tasya zrImukhasya vAkyaM zRNOSi tannimittam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSANAm IzvarastvAM manOnItaM kRtavAnaM| 
yatO yadyad adrAkSIrazrauSIzca sarvvESAM mAnavAnAM samIpE tvaM tESAM sAkSI bhaviSyasi| 
ataEva kutO vilambasE? prabhO rnAmnA prArthya nijapApaprakSAlanArthaM majjanAya samuttiSTha| 
tataH paraM yirUzAlamnagaraM pratyAgatya mandirE'ham EkadA prArthayE, tasmin samayE'ham abhibhUtaH san prabhUM sAkSAt pazyan, 
tvaM tvarayA yirUzAlamaH pratiSThasva yatO lOkAmayi tava sAkSyaM na grahISyanti, mAmpratyuditaM tasyEdaM vAkyam azrauSam| 
tatOhaM pratyavAdiSam hE prabhO pratibhajanabhavanaM tvayi vizvAsinO lOkAn baddhvA prahRtavAn, 
tathA tava sAkSiNaH stiphAnasya raktapAtanasamayE tasya vinAzaM sammanya sannidhau tiSThan hantRlOkAnAM vAsAMsi rakSitavAn, Etat tE viduH| 
tataH sO'kathayat pratiSThasva tvAM dUrasthabhinnadEzIyAnAM samIpaM prESayiSyE| 
tadA lOkA EtAvatparyyantAM tadIyAM kathAM zrutvA prOccairakathayan, EnaM bhUmaNPalAd dUrIkuruta, EtAdRzajanasya jIvanaM nOcitam| 
ityuccaiH kathayitvA vasanAni parityajya gagaNaM prati dhUlIrakSipan 
tataH sahasrasEnApatiH paulaM durgAbhyantara nEtuM samAdizat| Etasya pratikUlAH santO lOkAH kinnimittam EtAvaduccaiHsvaram akurvvan, Etad vEttuM taM kazayA prahRtya tasya parIkSAM karttumAdizat| 
padAtayazcarmmanirmmitarajjubhistasya bandhanaM karttumudyatAstAstadAnIM paulaH sammukhasthitaM zatasEnApatim uktavAn daNPAjnjAyAm aprAptAyAM kiM rOmilOkaM praharttuM yuSmAkam adhikArOsti? 
EnAM kathAM zrutvA sa sahasrasEnApatEH sannidhiM gatvA tAM vArttAmavadat sa rOmilOka EtasmAt sAvadhAnaH san karmma kuru| 
tasmAt sahasrasEnApati rgatvA tamaprAkSIt tvaM kiM rOmilOkaH? iti mAM brUhi| sO'kathayat satyam| 
tataH sahasrasEnApatiH kathitavAn bahudraviNaM dattvAhaM tat paurasakhyaM prAptavAn; kintu paulaH kathitavAn ahaM janunA tat prAptO'smi| 
itthaM sati yE prahArENa taM parIkSituM samudyatA Asan tE tasya samIpAt prAtiSThanta; sahasrasEnApatistaM rOmilOkaM vijnjAya svayaM yat tasya bandhanam akArSIt tatkAraNAd abibhEt| 
yihUdIyalOkAH paulaM kutO'pavadantE tasya vRttAntaM jnjAtuM vAnjchan sahasrasEnApatiH parE'hani paulaM bandhanAt mOcayitvA pradhAnayAjakAn mahAsabhAyAH sarvvalOkAzca samupasthAtum Adizya tESAM sannidhau paulam avarOhya sthApitavAn|