2 karinthinaH 10

1 yuSmatpratyakSE namraH kintu parOkSE pragalbhaH paulO'haM khrISTasya kSAntyA vinItyA ca yuSmAn prArthayE|

2 mama prArthanIyamidaM vayaM yaiH zArIrikAcAriNO manyAmahE tAn prati yAM pragalbhatAM prakAzayituM nizcinOmi sA pragalbhatA samAgatEna mayAcaritavyA na bhavatu|

3 yataH zarIrE carantO'pi vayaM zArIrikaM yuddhaM na kurmmaH|

4 asmAkaM yuddhAstrANi ca na zArIrikAni kintvIzvarENa durgabhanjjanAya prabalAni bhavanti,

5 taizca vayaM vitarkAn IzvarIyatattvajnjAnasya pratibandhikAM sarvvAM cittasamunnatinjca nipAtayAmaH sarvvasagkalpanjca bandinaM kRtvA khrISTasyAjnjAgrAhiNaM kurmmaH,

6 yuSmAkam AjnjAgrAhitvE siddhE sati sarvvasyAjnjAlagghanasya pratIkAraM karttum udyatA AsmahE ca|

7 yad dRSTigOcaraM tad yuSmAbhi rdRzyatAM| ahaM khrISTasya lOka iti svamanasi yEna vijnjAyatE sa yathA khrISTasya bhavati vayam api tathA khrISTasya bhavAma iti punarvivicya tEna budhyatAM|

8 yuSmAkaM nipAtAya tannahi kintu niSThAyai prabhunA dattaM yadasmAkaM sAmarthyaM tEna yadyapi kinjcid adhikaM zlAghE tathApi tasmAnna trapiSyE|

9 ahaM patrai ryuSmAn trAsayAmi yuSmAbhirEtanna manyatAM|

10 tasya patrANi gurutarANi prabalAni ca bhavanti kintu tasya zArIrasAkSAtkArO durbbala AlApazca tucchanIya iti kaizcid ucyatE|

11 kintu parOkSE patrai rbhASamANA vayaM yAdRzAH prakAzAmahE pratyakSE karmma kurvvantO'pi tAdRzA Eva prakAziSyAmahE tat tAdRzEna vAcAlEna jnjAyatAM|

12 svaprazaMsakAnAM kESAnjcinmadhyE svAn gaNayituM taiH svAn upamAtuM vA vayaM pragalbhA na bhavAmaH, yatastE svaparimANEna svAn parimimatE svaizca svAn upamibhatE tasmAt nirbbOdhA bhavanti ca|

13 vayam aparimitEna na zlAghiSyAmahE kintvIzvarENa svarajjvA yuSmaddEzagAmi yat parimANam asmadarthaM nirUpitaM tEnaiva zlAghiSyAmahE|

14 yuSmAkaM dEzO'smAbhiragantavyastasmAd vayaM svasImAm ullagghAmahE tannahi yataH khrISTasya susaMvAdEnAparESAM prAg vayamEva yuSmAn prAptavantaH|

15 vayaM svasImAm ullagghya parakSEtrENa zlAghAmahE tannahi, kinjca yuSmAkaM vizvAsE vRddhiM gatE yuSmaddEzE'smAkaM sImA yuSmAbhirdIrghaM vistArayiSyatE,

16 tEna vayaM yuSmAkaM pazcimadiksthESu sthAnESu susaMvAdaM ghOSayiSyAmaH, itthaM parasImAyAM parENa yat pariSkRtaM tEna na zlAghiSyAmahE|

17 yaH kazcit zlAghamAnaH syAt zlAghatAM prabhunA sa hi|

18 svEna yaH prazaMsyatE sa parIkSitO nahi kintu prabhunA yaH prazaMsyatE sa Eva parIkSitaH|