2 pitaraH 3

1 hE priyatamAH, yUyaM yathA pavitrabhaviSyadvaktRbhiH pUrvvOktAni vAkyAni trAtrA prabhunA prEritAnAm asmAkam AdEzanjca sAratha tathA yuSmAn smArayitvA

2 yuSmAkaM saralabhAvaM prabOdhayitum ahaM dvitIyam idaM patraM likhAmi|

3 prathamaM yuSmAbhiridaM jnjAyatAM yat zESE kAlE svEcchAcAriNO nindakA upasthAya

4 vadiSyanti prabhOrAgamanasya pratijnjA kutra? yataH pitRlOkAnAM mahAnidrAgamanAt paraM sarvvANi sRSTErArambhakAlE yathA tathaivAvatiSThantE|

5 pUrvvam Izvarasya vAkyEnAkAzamaNPalaM jalAd utpannA jalE santiSThamAnA ca pRthivyavidyataitad anicchukatAtastE na jAnAnti,

6 tatastAtkAlikasaMsArO jalEnAplAvitO vinAzaM gataH|

7 kintvadhunA varttamAnE AkAzabhUmaNPalE tEnaiva vAkyEna vahnyarthaM guptE vicAradinaM duSTamAnavAnAM vinAzanjca yAvad rakSyatE|

8 hE priyatamAH, yUyam EtadEkaM vAkyam anavagatA mA bhavata yat prabhOH sAkSAd dinamEkaM varSasahasravad varSasahasranjca dinaikavat|

9 kEcid yathA vilambaM manyantE tathA prabhuH svapratijnjAyAM vilambatE tannahi kintu kO'pi yanna vinazyEt sarvvaM Eva manaHparAvarttanaM gacchEyurityabhilaSan sO 'smAn prati dIrghasahiSNutAM vidadhAti|

10 kintu kSapAyAM caura iva prabhO rdinam AgamiSyati tasmin mahAzabdEna gaganamaNPalaM lOpsyatE mUlavastUni ca tApEna galiSyantE pRthivI tanmadhyasthitAni karmmANi ca dhakSyantE|

11 ataH sarvvairEtai rvikArE gantavyE sati yasmin AkAzamaNPalaM dAhEna vikAriSyatE mUlavastUni ca tApEna galiSyantE

12 tasyEzvaradinasyAgamanaM pratIkSamANairAkAgkSamANaizca yUSmAbhi rdharmmAcArEzvarabhaktibhyAM kIdRzai rlOkai rbhavitavyaM?

13 tathApi vayaM tasya pratijnjAnusArENa dharmmasya vAsasthAnaM nUtanam AkAzamaNPalaM nUtanaM bhUmaNPalanjca pratIkSAmahE|

14 ataEva hE priyatamAH, tAni pratIkSamANA yUyaM niSkalagkA aninditAzca bhUtvA yat zAntyAzritAstiSThathaitasmin yatadhvaM|

15 asmAkaM prabhO rdIrghasahiSNutAnjca paritrANajanikAM manyadhvaM| asmAkaM priyabhrAtrE paulAya yat jnjAnam adAyi tadanusArENa sO'pi patrE yuSmAn prati tadEvAlikhat|

16 svakIyasarvvapatrESu caitAnyadhi prastutya tadEva gadati| tESu patrESu katipayAni durUhyANi vAkyAni vidyantE yE ca lOkA ajnjAnAzcanjcalAzca tE nijavinAzArtham anyazAstrIyavacanAnIva tAnyapi vikArayanti|

17 tasmAd hE priyatamAH, yUyaM pUrvvaM buddhvA sAvadhAnAstiSThata, adhArmmikANAM bhrAntisrOtasApahRtAH svakIyasusthiratvAt mA bhrazyata|

18 kintvasmAkaM prabhOstrAtu ryIzukhrISTasyAnugrahE jnjAnE ca varddhadhvaM| tasya gauravam idAnIM sadAkAlanjca bhUyAt| AmEn| (aiōn g165)

The World is Destroyed by Water