2 Corinthians.
2.
aparañcāhaṁ punaḥ śokāya yuṣmatsannidhiṁ na gamiṣyāmīti manasi niracaiṣaṁ| 
yasmād ahaṁ yadi yuṣmān śokayuktān karomi tarhi mayā yaḥ śokayuktīkṛtastaṁ vinā kenāpareṇāhaṁ harṣayiṣye? 
mama yo harṣaḥ sa yuṣmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ harṣa eveti niścitaṁ mayābodhi; ataeva yairahaṁ harṣayitavyastai rmadupasthitisamaye yanmama śoko na jāyeta tadarthameva yuṣmabhyam etādṛśaṁ patraṁ mayā likhitaṁ| 
vastutastu bahukleśasya manaḥpīḍāyāśca samaye'haṁ bahvaśrupātena patramekaṁ likhitavān yuṣmākaṁ śokārthaṁ tannahi kintu yuṣmāsu madīyapremabāhulyasya jñāpanārthaṁ| 
yenāhaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastena kevalamahaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastannahi kintvaṁśato yūyaṁ sarvve'pi yato'hamatra kasmiṁścid doṣamāropayituṁ necchāmi| 
bahūnāṁ yat tarjjanaṁ tena janenālambhi tat tadarthaṁ pracuraṁ| 
ataḥ sa duḥkhasāgare yanna nimajjati tadarthaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ sa kṣantavyaḥ sāntvayitavyaśca| 
iti hetoḥ prarthaye'haṁ yuṣmābhistasmin dayā kriyatāṁ| 
yūyaṁ sarvvakarmmaṇi mamādeśaṁ gṛhlītha na veti parīkṣitum ahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhitavān| 
yasya yo doṣo yuṣmābhiḥ kṣamyate tasya sa doṣo mayāpi kṣamyate yaśca doṣo mayā kṣamyate sa yuṣmākaṁ kṛte khrīṣṭasya sākṣāt kṣamyate| 
śayatānaḥ kalpanāsmābhirajñātā nahi, ato vayaṁ yat tena na vañcyāmahe tadartham asmābhiḥ sāvadhānai rbhavitavyaṁ| 
aparañca khrīṣṭasya susaṁvādaghoṣaṇārthaṁ mayi troyānagaramāgate prabhoḥ karmmaṇe ca madarthaṁ dvāre mukte 
satyapi svabhrātustītasyāvidyamānatvāt madīyātmanaḥ kāpi śānti rna babhūva, tasmād ahaṁ tān visarjjanaṁ yācitvā mākidaniyādeśaṁ gantuṁ prasthānam akaravaṁ| 
ya īśvaraḥ sarvvadā khrīṣṭenāsmān jayinaḥ karoti sarvvatra cāsmābhistadīyajñānasya gandhaṁ prakāśayati sa dhanyaḥ| 
yasmād ye trāṇaṁ lapsyante ye ca vināśaṁ gamiṣyanti tān prati vayam īśvareṇa khrīṣṭasya saugandhyaṁ bhavāmaḥ| 
vayam ekeṣāṁ mṛtyave mṛtyugandhā apareṣāñca jīvanāya jīvanagandhā bhavāmaḥ, kintvetādṛśakarmmasādhane kaḥ samartho'sti? 
anye bahavo lokā yadvad īśvarasya vākyaṁ mṛṣāśikṣayā miśrayanti vayaṁ tadvat tanna miśrayantaḥ saralabhāveneśvarasya sākṣād īśvarasyādeśāt khrīṣṭena kathāṁ bhāṣāmahe|