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1 yIzukhrISTasya dAsO yAkUbO bhrAtA yihUdAstAtEnEzvarENa pavitrIkRtAn yIzukhrISTEna rakSitAMzcAhUtAn lOkAn prati patraM likhati|
2 kRpA zAntiH prEma ca bAhulyarUpENa yuSmAsvadhitiSThatu|
3 hE priyAH, sAdhAraNaparitrANamadhi yuSmAn prati lEkhituM mama bahuyatnE jAtE pUrvvakAlE pavitralOkESu samarpitO yO dharmmastadarthaM yUyaM prANavyayEnApi sacESTA bhavatEti vinayArthaM yuSmAn prati patralEkhanamAvazyakam amanyE|
4 yasmAd EtadrUpadaNPaprAptayE pUrvvaM likhitAH kEcijjanA asmAn upasRptavantaH, tE 'dhArmmikalOkA asmAkam IzvarasyAnugrahaM dhvajIkRtya lampaTatAm Acaranti, advitIyO 'dhipati ryO 'smAkaM prabhu ryIzukhrISTastaM nAggIkurvvanti|
5 tasmAd yUyaM purA yad avagatAstat puna ryuSmAn smArayitum icchAmi, phalataH prabhurEkakRtvaH svaprajA misaradEzAd udadhAra yat tataH param avizvAsinO vyanAzayat|
6 yE ca svargadUtAH svIyakartRtvapadE na sthitvA svavAsasthAnaM parityaktavantastAn sa mahAdinasya vicArArtham andhakAramayE 'dhaHsthAnE sadAsthAyibhi rbandhanairabadhnAt| (aïdios )
7 aparaM sidOmam amOrA tannikaTasthanagarANi caitESAM nivAsinastatsamarUpaM vyabhicAraM kRtavantO viSamamaithunasya cESTayA vipathaM gatavantazca tasmAt tAnyapi dRSTAntasvarUpANi bhUtvA sadAtanavahninA daNPaM bhunjjatE| (aiōnios )
8 tathaivEmE svapnAcAriNO'pi svazarIrANi kalagkayanti rAjAdhInatAM na svIkurvvantyuccapadasthAn nindanti ca|
9 kintu pradhAnadivyadUtO mIkhAyElO yadA mUsasO dEhE zayatAnEna vivadamAnaH samabhASata tadA tisman nindArUpaM daNPaM samarpayituM sAhasaM na kRtvAkathayat prabhustvAM bhartsayatAM|
10 kintvimE yanna budhyantE tannindanti yacca nirbbOdhapazava ivEndriyairavagacchanti tEna nazyanti|
11 tAn dhik, tE kAbilO mArgE caranti pAritOSikasyAzAtO biliyamO bhrAntimanudhAvanti kOrahasya durmmukhatvEna vinazyanti ca|
12 yuSmAkaM prEmabhOjyESu tE vighnajanakA bhavanti, Atmambharayazca bhUtvA nirlajjayA yuSmAbhiH sArddhaM bhunjjatE| tE vAyubhizcAlitA nistOyamEghA hEmantakAlikA niSphalA dvi rmRtA unmUlitA vRkSAH,
13 svakIyalajjAphENOdvamakAH pracaNPAH sAmudrataraggAH sadAkAlaM yAvat ghOratimirabhAgIni bhramaNakArINi nakSatrANi ca bhavanti| (aiōn )
14 AdamataH saptamaH puruSO yO hanOkaH sa tAnuddizya bhaviSyadvAkyamidaM kathitavAn, yathA, pazya svakIyapuNyAnAm ayutai rvESTitaH prabhuH|
15 sarvvAn prati vicArAjnjAsAdhanAyAgamiSyati| tadA cAdhArmmikAH sarvvE jAtA yairaparAdhinaH| vidharmmakarmmaNAM tESAM sarvvESAmEva kAraNAt| tathA tadvaiparItyEnApyadharmmAcAripApinAM| uktakaThOravAkyAnAM sarvvESAmapi kAraNAt| paramEzEna dOSitvaM tESAM prakAzayiSyatE||
16 tE vAkkalahakAriNaH svabhAgyanindakAH svEcchAcAriNO darpavAdimukhaviziSTA lAbhArthaM manuSyastAvakAzca santi|
17 kintu hE priyatamAH, asmAkaM prabhO ryIzukhrISTasya prEritai ryad vAkyaM pUrvvaM yuSmabhyaM kathitaM tat smarata,
18 phalataH zESasamayE svEcchAtO 'dharmmAcAriNO nindakA upasthAsyantIti|
19 EtE lOkAH svAn pRthak kurvvantaH sAMsArikA AtmahInAzca santi|
20 kintu hE priyatamAH, yUyaM svESAm atipavitravizvAsE nicIyamAnAH pavitrENAtmanA prArthanAM kurvvanta
21 Izvarasya prEmnA svAn rakSata, anantajIvanAya cAsmAkaM prabhO ryIzukhrISTasya kRpAM pratIkSadhvaM| (aiōnios )
22 aparaM yUyaM vivicya kAMzcid anukampadhvaM
23 kAMzcid agnita uddhRtya bhayaM pradarzya rakSata, zArIrikabhAvEna kalagkitaM vastramapi RtIyadhvaM|
24 aparanjca yuSmAn skhalanAd rakSitum ullAsEna svIyatEjasaH sAkSAt nirddOSAn sthApayitunjca samarthO
25 yO 'smAkam advitIyastrANakarttA sarvvajnja Izvarastasya gauravaM mahimA parAkramaH kartRtvanjcEdAnIm anantakAlaM yAvad bhUyAt| AmEn| (aiōn )
