James.
4.
yuSmAkaM madhyE samarA raNazca kuta utpadyantE? yuSmadaggazibirAzritAbhyaH sukhEcchAbhyaH kiM nOtpadyantEे? 
yUyaM vAnjchatha kintu nApnutha, yUyaM narahatyAm IrSyAnjca kurutha kintu kRtArthA bhavituM na zaknutha, yUyaM yudhyatha raNaM kurutha ca kintvaprAptAstiSThatha, yatO hEtOH prArthanAM na kurutha| 
yUyaM prArthayadhvE kintu na labhadhvE yatO hEtOH svasukhabhOgESu vyayArthaM ku prArthayadhvE| 
hE vyabhicAriNO vyabhicAriNyazca, saMsArasya yat maitryaM tad Izvarasya zAtravamiti yUyaM kiM na jAnItha? ata Eva yaH kazcit saMsArasya mitraM bhavitum abhilaSati sa EvEzvarasya zatru rbhavati| 
yUyaM kiM manyadhvE? zAstrasya vAkyaM kiM phalahInaM bhavEt? asmadantarvAsI ya AtmA sa vA kim IrSyArthaM prEma karOti? 
tannahi kintu sa pratulaM varaM vitarati tasmAd uktamAstE yathA, AtmAbhimAnalOkAnAM vipakSO bhavatIzvaraH| kintu tEnaiva namrEbhyaH prasAdAd dIyatE varaH|| 
ataEva yUyam Izvarasya vazyA bhavata zayatAnaM saMrundha tEna sa yuSmattaH palAyiSyatE| 
Izvarasya samIpavarttinO bhavata tEna sa yuSmAkaM samIpavarttI bhaviSyati| hE pApinaH, yUyaM svakarAn pariSkurudhvaM| hE dvimanOlOkAH, yUyaM svAntaHkaraNAni zucIni kurudhvaM| 
yUyam udvijadhvaM zOcata vilapata ca, yuSmAkaM hAsaH zOkAya, Anandazca kAtaratAyai parivarttEtAM| 
prabhOH samakSaM namrA bhavata tasmAt sa yuSmAn uccIkariSyati| 
hE bhrAtaraH, yUyaM parasparaM mA dUSayata| yaH kazcid bhrAtaraM dUSayati bhrAtu rvicAranjca karOti sa vyavasthAM dUSayati vyavasthAyAzca vicAraM karOti| tvaM yadi vyavasthAyA vicAraM karOSi tarhi vyavasthApAlayitA na bhavasi kintu vicArayitA bhavasi| 
advitIyO vyavasthApakO vicArayitA ca sa EvAstE yO rakSituM nAzayitunjca pArayati| kintu kastvaM yat parasya vicAraM karOSi? 
adya zvO vA vayam amukanagaraM gatvA tatra varSamEkaM yApayantO vANijyaM kariSyAmaH lAbhaM prApsyAmazcEti kathAM bhASamANA yUyam idAnIM zRNuta| 
zvaH kiM ghaTiSyatE tad yUyaM na jAnItha yatO jIvanaM vO bhavEt kIdRk tattu bASpasvarUpakaM, kSaNamAtraM bhavEd dRzyaM lupyatE ca tataH paraM| 
tadanuktvA yuSmAkam idaM kathanIyaM prabhOricchAtO vayaM yadi jIvAmastarhyEtat karmma tat karmma vA kariSyAma iti| 
kintvidAnIM yUyaM garvvavAkyaiH zlAghanaM kurudhvE tAdRzaM sarvvaM zlAghanaM kutsitamEva| 
atO yaH kazcit satkarmma karttaM viditvA tanna karOti tasya pApaM jAyatE|