1 Timothy.
5.
tvaM prAcInaM na bhartsaya kintu taM pitaramiva yUnazca bhrAtRniva 
vRddhAH striyazca mAtRniva yuvatIzca pUrNazucitvena bhaginIriva vinayasva| 
aparaM satyavidhavAH sammanyasva| 
kasyAzcid vidhavAyA yadi putrAH pautrA vA vidyante tarhi te prathamataH svIyaparijanAn sevituM pitroH pratyupakarttuJca zikSantAM yatastadevezvarasya sAkSAd uttamaM grAhyaJca karmma| 
aparaM yA nArI satyavidhavA nAthahInA cAsti sA IzvarasyAzraye tiSThantI divAnizaM nivedanaprArthanAbhyAM kAlaM yApayati| 
kintu yA vidhavA sukhabhogAsaktA sA jIvatyapi mRtA bhavati| 
ataeva tA yad aninditA bhaveyUstadartham etAni tvayA nidizyantAM| 
yadi kazcit svajAtIyAn lokAn vizeSataH svIyaparijanAn na pAlayati tarhi sa vizvAsAd bhraSTo 'pyadhamazca bhavati| 
vidhavAvarge yasyA gaNanA bhavati tayA SaSTivatsarebhyo nyUnavayaskayA na bhavitavyaM; aparaM pUrvvam ekasvAmikA bhUtvA 
sA yat zizupoSaNenAtithisevanena pavitralokAnAM caraNaprakSAlanena kliSTAnAm upakAreNa sarvvavidhasatkarmmAcaraNena ca satkarmmakaraNAt sukhyAtiprAptA bhavet tadapyAvazyakaM| 
kintu yuvatI rvidhavA na gRhANa yataH khrISTasya vaiparItyena tAsAM darpe jAte tA vivAham icchanti| 
tasmAcca pUrvvadharmmaM parityajya daNDanIyA bhavanti| 
anantaraM tA gRhAd gRhaM paryyaTantya AlasyaM zikSante kevalamAlasyaM nahi kintvanarthakAlApaM parAdhikAracarccAJcApi zikSamANA anucitAni vAkyAni bhASante| 
ato mameccheyaM yuvatyo vidhavA vivAhaM kurvvatAm apatyavatyo bhavantu gRhakarmma kurvvatAJcetthaM vipakSAya kimapi nindAdvAraM na dadatu| 
yata itaH pUrvvam api kAzcit zayatAnasya pazcAdgAminyo jAtAH| 
aparaM vizvAsinyA vizvAsino vA kasyApi parivArANAM madhye yadi vidhavA vidyante tarhi sa tAH pratipAlayatu tasmAt samitau bhAre 'nAropite satyavidhavAnAM pratipAlanaM karttuM tayA zakyate| 
ye prAJcaH samitiM samyag adhitiSThanti vizeSata IzvaravAkyenopadezena ca ye yatnaM vidadhate te dviguNasyAdarasya yogyA mAnyantAM| 
yasmAt zAstre likhitamidamAste, tvaM zasyamarddakavRSasyAsyaM mA badhAneti, aparamapi kAryyakRd vetanasya yogyo bhavatIti| 
dvau trIn vA sAkSiNo vinA kasyAcit prAcInasya viruddham abhiyogastvayA na gRhyatAM| 
aparaM ye pApamAcaranti tAn sarvveSAM samakSaM bhartsayasva tenApareSAmapi bhIti rjaniSyate| 
aham Izvarasya prabho ryIzukhrISTasya manonItadivyadUtAnAJca gocare tvAm idam AjJApayAmi tvaM kasyApyanurodhena kimapi na kurvvana vinApakSapAtam etAna vidhIn pAlaya| 
kasyApi mUrddhi hastAparNaM tvarayA mAkArSIH| parapApAnAJcAMzI mA bhava| svaM zuciM rakSa| 
aparaM tavodarapIDAyAH punaH puna durbbalatAyAzca nimittaM kevalaM toyaM na pivan kiJcin madyaM piva| 
keSAJcit mAnavAnAM pApAni vicArAt pUrvvaM keSAJcit pazcAt prakAzante| 
tathaiva satkarmmANyapi prakAzante tadanyathA sati pracchannAni sthAtuM na zaknuvanti|