1 Corinthians.
13.
martyasvargIyANAM bhASA bhASamANo'haM yadi premahIno bhaveyaM tarhi vAdakatAlasvarUpo ninAdakAribherIsvarUpazca bhavAmi| 
aparaJca yadyaham IzvarIyAdezADhyaH syAM sarvvANi guptavAkyAni sarvvavidyAJca jAnIyAM pUrNavizvAsaH san zailAn sthAnAntarIkarttuM zaknuyAJca kintu yadi premahIno bhaveyaM tarhyagaNanIya eva bhavAmi| 
aparaM yadyaham annadAnena sarvvasvaM tyajeyaM dAhanAya svazarIraM samarpayeyaJca kintu yadi premahIno bhaveyaM tarhi tatsarvvaM madarthaM niSphalaM bhavati| 
prema cirasahiSNu hitaiSi ca, prema nirdveSam azaThaM nirgarvvaJca| 
aparaM tat kutsitaM nAcarati, AtmaceSTAM na kurute sahasA na krudhyati parAniSTaM na cintayati, 
adharmme na tuSyati satya eva santuSyati| 
tat sarvvaM titikSate sarvvatra vizvasiti sarvvatra bhadraM pratIkSate sarvvaM sahate ca| 
premno lopaH kadApi na bhaviSyati, IzvarIyAdezakathanaM lopsyate parabhASAbhASaNaM nivarttiSyate jJAnamapi lopaM yAsyati| 
yato'smAkaM jJAnaM khaNDamAtram IzvarIyAdezakathanamapi khaNDamAtraM| 
kintvasmAsu siddhatAM gateSu tAni khaNDamAtrANi lopaM yAsyante| 
bAlyakAle'haM bAla ivAbhASe bAla ivAcintayaJca kintu yauvane jAte tatsarvvaM bAlyAcaraNaM parityaktavAn| 
idAnIm abhramadhyenAspaSTaM darzanam asmAbhi rlabhyate kintu tadA sAkSAt darzanaM lapsyate| adhunA mama jJAnam alpiSThaM kintu tadAhaM yathAvagamyastathaivAvagato bhaviSyAmi| 
idAnIM pratyayaH pratyAzA prema ca trINyetAni tiSThanti teSAM madhye ca prema zreSThaM|