2 Corinthians.
3.
vayaM kim AtmaprazaMsanaM punarArabhAmahE? yuSmAn prati yuSmattO vA parESAM kESAnjcid ivAsmAkamapi kiM prazaMsApatrESu prayOjanam AstE? 
yUyamEvAsmAkaM prazaMsApatraM taccAsmAkam antaHkaraNESu likhitaM sarvvamAnavaizca jnjEyaM paThanIyanjca| 
yatO 'smAbhiH sEvitaM khrISTasya patraM yUyapEva, tacca na masyA kintvamarasyEzvarasyAtmanA likhitaM pASANapatrESu tannahi kintu kravyamayESu hRtpatrESu likhitamiti suspaSTaM| 
khrISTEnEzvaraM pratyasmAkam IdRzO dRPhavizvAsO vidyatE; 
vayaM nijaguNEna kimapi kalpayituM samarthA iti nahi kintvIzvarAdasmAkaM sAmarthyaM jAyatE| 
tEna vayaM nUtananiyamasyArthatO 'kSarasaMsthAnasya tannahi kintvAtmana Eva sEvanasAmarthyaM prAptAH| akSarasaMsthAnaM mRtyujanakaM kintvAtmA jIvanadAyakaH| 
akSarai rvilikhitapASANarUpiNI yA mRtyOH sEvA sA yadIdRk tEjasvinI jAtA yattasyAcirasthAyinastEjasaH kAraNAt mUsasO mukham isrAyElIyalOkaiH saMdraSTuM nAzakyata, 
tarhyAtmanaH sEvA kiM tatO'pi bahutEjasvinI na bhavEt? 
daNPajanikA sEvA yadi tEjOyuktA bhavEt tarhi puNyajanikA sEvA tatO'dhikaM bahutEjOyuktA bhaviSyati| 
ubhayOstulanAyAM kRtAyAm EkasyAstEjO dvitIyAyAH prakharatarENa tEjasA hInatEjO bhavati| 
yasmAd yat lOpanIyaM tad yadi tEjOyuktaM bhavEt tarhi yat cirasthAyi tad bahutaratEjOyuktamEva bhaviSyati| 
IdRzIM pratyAzAM labdhvA vayaM mahatIM pragalbhatAM prakAzayAmaH| 
isrAyElIyalOkA yat tasya lOpanIyasya tEjasaH zESaM na vilOkayEyustadarthaM mUsA yAdRg AvaraNEna svamukham AcchAdayat vayaM tAdRk na kurmmaH| 
tESAM manAMsi kaThinIbhUtAni yatastESAM paThanasamayE sa purAtanO niyamastEnAvaraNEnAdyApi pracchannastiSThati| 
tacca na dUrIbhavati yataH khrISTEnaiva tat lupyatE| mUsasaH zAstrasya pAThasamayE'dyApi tESAM manAMsi tEnAvaraNEna pracchAdyantE| 
kintu prabhuM prati manasi parAvRttE tad AvaraNaM dUrIkAriSyatE| 
yaH prabhuH sa Eva sa AtmA yatra ca prabhOrAtmA tatraiva muktiH| 
vayanjca sarvvE'nAcchAditEnAsyEna prabhOstEjasaH pratibimbaM gRhlanta AtmasvarUpENa prabhunA rUpAntarIkRtA varddhamAnatEjOyuktAM tAmEva pratimUrttiM prApnumaH|