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1 aparanjca vayaM karuNAbhAjO bhUtvA yad Etat paricArakapadam alabhAmahi nAtra klAmyAmaH,
2 kintu trapAyuktAni pracchannakarmmANi vihAya kuTilatAcaraNamakurvvanta IzvarIyavAkyaM mithyAvAkyairamizrayantaH satyadharmmasya prakAzanEnEzvarasya sAkSAt sarvvamAnavAnAM saMvEdagOcarE svAn prazaMsanIyAn darzayAmaH|
3 asmAbhi rghOSitaH susaMvAdO yadi pracchannaH; syAt tarhi yE vinaMkSyanti tESAmEva dRSTitaH sa pracchannaH;
4 yata Izvarasya pratimUrtti ryaH khrISTastasya tEjasaH susaMvAdasya prabhA yat tAn na dIpayEt tadartham iha lOkasya dEvO'vizvAsinAM jnjAnanayanam andhIkRtavAn EtasyOdAharaNaM tE bhavanti| (aiōn )
5 vayaM svAn ghOSayAma iti nahi kintu khrISTaM yIzuM prabhumEvAsmAMzca yIzOH kRtE yuSmAkaM paricArakAn ghOSayAmaH|
6 ya IzvarO madhyEtimiraM prabhAM dIpanAyAdizat sa yIzukhrISTasyAsya IzvarIyatEjasO jnjAnaprabhAyA udayArtham asmAkam antaHkaraNESu dIpitavAn|
7 aparaM tad dhanam asmAbhi rmRNmayESu bhAjanESu dhAryyatE yataH sAdbhutA zakti rnAsmAkaM kintvIzvarasyaivEti jnjAtavyaM|
8 vayaM padE padE pIPyAmahE kintu nAvasIdAmaH, vayaM vyAkulAH santO'pi nirupAyA na bhavAmaH;
9 vayaM pradrAvyamAnA api na klAmyAmaH, nipAtitA api na vinazyAmaH|
10 asmAkaM zarIrE khrISTasya jIvanaM yat prakAzEta tadarthaM tasmin zarIrE yIzO rmaraNamapi dhArayAmaH|
11 yIzO rjIvanaM yad asmAkaM marttyadEhE prakAzEta tadarthaM jIvantO vayaM yIzOH kRtE nityaM mRtyau samarpyAmahE|
12 itthaM vayaM mRtyAkrAntA yUyanjca jIvanAkrAntAH|
13 vizvAsakAraNAdEva samabhASi mayA vacaH| iti yathA zAstrE likhitaM tathaivAsmAbhirapi vizvAsajanakam AtmAnaM prApya vizvAsaH kriyatE tasmAcca vacAMsi bhASyantE|
14 prabhu ryIzu ryEnOtthApitaH sa yIzunAsmAnapyutthApayiSyati yuSmAbhiH sArddhaM svasamIpa upasthApayiSyati ca, vayam Etat jAnImaH|
15 ataEva yuSmAkaM hitAya sarvvamEva bhavati tasmAd bahUnAM pracurAnugrahaprAptE rbahulOkAnAM dhanyavAdEnEzvarasya mahimA samyak prakAziSyatE|
16 tatO hEtO rvayaM na klAmyAmaH kintu bAhyapuruSO yadyapi kSIyatE tathApyAntarikaH puruSO dinE dinE nUtanAyatE|
17 kSaNamAtrasthAyi yadEtat laghiSThaM duHkhaM tad atibAhulyEnAsmAkam anantakAlasthAyi gariSThasukhaM sAdhayati, (aiōnios )
18 yatO vayaM pratyakSAn viSayAn anuddizyApratyakSAn uddizAmaH| yatO hEtOH pratyakSaviSayAH kSaNamAtrasthAyinaH kintvapratyakSA anantakAlasthAyinaH| (aiōnios )