< lUkaH 2 >
1 aparaJca tasmin kAle rAjyasya sarvveSAM lokAnAM nAmAni lekhayitum agastakaisara AjJApayAmAsa|
2 tadanusAreNa kurINiyanAmani suriyAdezasya zAsake sati nAmalekhanaM prArebhe|
3 ato heto rnAma lekhituM sarvve janAH svIyaM svIyaM nagaraM jagmuH|
4 tadAnIM yUSaph nAma lekhituM vAgdattayA svabhAryyayA garbbhavatyA mariyamA saha svayaM dAyUdaH sajAtivaMza iti kAraNAd gAlIlpradezasya nAsaratnagarAd
5 yihUdApradezasya baitlehamAkhyaM dAyUdnagaraM jagAma|
6 anyacca tatra sthAne tayostiSThatoH sato rmariyamaH prasUtikAla upasthite
7 sA taM prathamasutaM prAsoSTa kintu tasmin vAsagRhe sthAnAbhAvAd bAlakaM vastreNa veSTayitvA gozAlAyAM sthApayAmAsa|
8 anantaraM ye kiyanto meSapAlakAH svameSavrajarakSAyai tatpradeze sthitvA rajanyAM prAntare prahariNaH karmma kurvvanti,
9 teSAM samIpaM paramezvarasya dUta Agatyopatasthau; tadA catuSpArzve paramezvarasya tejasaH prakAzitatvAt te'tizazaGkire|
10 tadA sa dUta uvAca mA bhaiSTa pazyatAdya dAyUdaH pure yuSmannimittaM trAtA prabhuH khrISTo'janiSTa,
11 sarvveSAM lokAnAM mahAnandajanakam imaM maGgalavRttAntaM yuSmAn jJApayAmi|
12 yUyaM (tatsthAnaM gatvA) vastraveSTitaM taM bAlakaM gozAlAyAM zayanaM drakSyatha yuSmAn pratIdaM cihnaM bhaviSyati|
13 dUta imAM kathAM kathitavati tatrAkasmAt svargIyAH pRtanA Agatya kathAm imAM kathayitvezvarasya guNAnanvavAdiSuH, yathA,
14 sarvvordvvasthairIzvarasya mahimA samprakAzyatAM| zAntirbhUyAt pRthivyAstu santoSazca narAn prati||
15 tataH paraM teSAM sannidhe rdUtagaNe svargaM gate meSapAlakAH parasparam avecan Agacchata prabhuH paramezvaro yAM ghaTanAM jJApitavAn tasyA yAtharyaM jJAtuM vayamadhunA baitlehampuraM yAmaH|
16 pazcAt te tUrNaM vrajitvA mariyamaM yUSaphaM gozAlAyAM zayanaM bAlakaJca dadRzuH|
17 itthaM dRSTvA bAlakasyArthe proktAM sarvvakathAM te prAcArayAJcakruH|
18 tato ye lokA meSarakSakANAM vadanebhyastAM vArttAM zuzruvuste mahAzcaryyaM menire|
19 kintu mariyam etatsarvvaghaTanAnAM tAtparyyaM vivicya manasi sthApayAmAsa|
20 tatpazcAd dUtavijJaptAnurUpaM zrutvA dRSTvA ca meSapAlakA Izvarasya guNAnuvAdaM dhanyavAdaJca kurvvANAH parAvRtya yayuH|
21 atha bAlakasya tvakchedanakAle'STamadivase samupasthite tasya garbbhasthiteH purvvaM svargIyadUto yathAjJApayat tadanurUpaM te tannAmadheyaM yIzuriti cakrire|
22 tataH paraM mUsAlikhitavyavasthAyA anusAreNa mariyamaH zucitvakAla upasthite,
23 "prathamajaH sarvvaH puruSasantAnaH paramezvare samarpyatAM," iti paramezvarasya vyavasthayA
24 yIzuM paramezvare samarpayitum zAstrIyavidhyuktaM kapotadvayaM pArAvatazAvakadvayaM vA baliM dAtuM te taM gRhItvA yirUzAlamam AyayuH|
25 yirUzAlampuranivAsI zimiyonnAmA dhArmmika eka AsIt sa isrAyelaH sAntvanAmapekSya tasthau kiJca pavitra AtmA tasminnAvirbhUtaH|
26 aparaM prabhuNA paramezvareNAbhiSikte trAtari tvayA na dRSTe tvaM na mariSyasIti vAkyaM pavitreNa AtmanA tasma prAkathyata|
27 aparaJca yadA yIzoH pitA mAtA ca tadarthaM vyavasthAnurUpaM karmma karttuM taM mandiram AninyatustadA
28 zimiyon Atmana AkarSaNena mandiramAgatya taM kroDe nidhAya Izvarasya dhanyavAdaM kRtvA kathayAmAsa, yathA,
29 he prabho tava dAsoyaM nijavAkyAnusArataH| idAnIntu sakalyANo bhavatA saMvisRjyatAm|
30 yataH sakaladezasya dIptaye dIptirUpakaM|
31 isrAyelIyalokasya mahAgauravarUpakaM|
32 yaM trAyakaM janAnAntu sammukhe tvamajIjanaH| saeva vidyate'smAkaM dhravaM nayananagocare||
33 tadAnIM tenoktA etAH sakalAH kathAH zrutvA tasya mAtA yUSaph ca vismayaM menAte|
34 tataH paraM zimiyon tebhya AziSaM dattvA tanmAtaraM mariyamam uvAca, pazya isrAyelo vaMzamadhye bahUnAM pAtanAyotthApanAya ca tathA virodhapAtraM bhavituM, bahUnAM guptamanogatAnAM prakaTIkaraNAya bAlakoyaM niyuktosti|
35 tasmAt tavApi prANAH zUlena vyatsyante|
36 aparaJca Azerasya vaMzIyaphinUyelo duhitA hannAkhyA atijaratI bhaviSyadvAdinyekA yA vivAhAt paraM sapta vatsarAn patyA saha nyavasat tato vidhavA bhUtvA caturazItivarSavayaHparyyanataM
37 mandire sthitvA prArthanopavAsairdivAnizam Izvaram asevata sApi strI tasmin samaye mandiramAgatya
38 paramezvarasya dhanyavAdaM cakAra, yirUzAlampuravAsino yAvanto lokA muktimapekSya sthitAstAn yIzorvRttAntaM jJApayAmAsa|
39 itthaM paramezvarasya vyavasthAnusAreNa sarvveSu karmmasu kRteSu tau punazca gAlIlo nAsaratnAmakaM nijanagaraM pratasthAte|
40 tatpazcAd bAlakaH zarIreNa vRddhimetya jJAnena paripUrNa AtmanA zaktimAMzca bhavitumArebhe tathA tasmin IzvarAnugraho babhUva|
41 tasya pitA mAtA ca prativarSaM nistArotsavasamaye yirUzAlamam agacchatAm|
42 aparaJca yIzau dvAdazavarSavayaske sati tau parvvasamayasya rItyanusAreNa yirUzAlamaM gatvA
43 pArvvaNaM sampAdya punarapi vyAghuyya yAtaH kintu yIzurbAlako yirUzAlami tiSThati| yUSaph tanmAtA ca tad aviditvA
44 sa saGgibhiH saha vidyata etacca budvvA dinaikagamyamArgaM jagmatuH| kintu zeSe jJAtibandhUnAM samIpe mRgayitvA taduddezamaprApya
45 tau punarapi yirUzAlamam parAvRtyAgatya taM mRgayAJcakratuH|
46 atha dinatrayAt paraM paNDitAnAM madhye teSAM kathAH zRNvan tattvaM pRcchaMzca mandire samupaviSTaH sa tAbhyAM dRSTaH|
47 tadA tasya buddhyA pratyuttaraizca sarvve zrotAro vismayamApadyante|
48 tAdRzaM dRSTvA tasya janako jananI ca camaccakratuH kiJca tasya mAtA tamavadat, he putra, kathamAvAM pratItthaM samAcarastvam? pazya tava pitAhaJca zokAkulau santau tvAmanvicchAvaH sma|
49 tataH sovadat kuto mAm anvaicchataM? piturgRhe mayA sthAtavyam etat kiM yuvAbhyAM na jJAyate?
50 kintu tau tasyaitadvAkyasya tAtparyyaM boddhuM nAzaknutAM|
51 tataH paraM sa tAbhyAM saha nAsarataM gatvA tayorvazIbhUtastasthau kintu sarvvA etAH kathAstasya mAtA manasi sthApayAmAsa|
52 atha yIzo rbuddhiH zarIraJca tathA tasmin Izvarasya mAnavAnAJcAnugraho varddhitum Arebhe|
