mārkaḥ 4
1 anantaraṁ sa samudrataṭe punarupadeṣṭuṁ prārebhe, tatastatra bahujanānāṁ samāgamāt sa sāgaropari naukāmāruhya samupaviṣṭaḥ; sarvve lokāḥ samudrakūle tasthuḥ|
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 tadā sa dṛṣṭāntakathābhi rbahūpadiṣṭavān upadiśaṁśca kathitavān,
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 avadhānaṁ kuruta, eko bījavaptā bījāni vaptuṁ gataḥ;
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 vapanakāle kiyanti bījāni mārgapāśve patitāni, tata ākāśīyapakṣiṇa etya tāni cakhāduḥ|
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 kiyanti bījāni svalpamṛttikāvatpāṣāṇabhūmau patitāni tāni mṛdolpatvāt śīghramaṅkuritāni;
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 kintūdite sūryye dagdhāni tathā mūlāno nādhogatatvāt śuṣkāṇi ca|
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 kiyanti bījāni kaṇṭakivanamadhye patitāni tataḥ kaṇṭakāni saṁvṛdvya tāni jagrasustāni na ca phalitāni|
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 tathā kiyanti bījānyuttamabhūmau patitāni tāni saṁvṛdvya phalānyutpāditāni kiyanti bījāni triṁśadguṇāni kiyanti ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kiyanti śataguṇāni phalāni phalitavanti|
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 atha sa tānavadat yasya śrotuṁ karṇau staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 tadanantaraṁ nirjanasamaye tatsaṅgino dvādaśaśiṣyāśca taṁ taddṛṣṭāntavākyasyārthaṁ papracchuḥ|
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 tadā sa tānuditavān īśvararājyasya nigūḍhavākyaṁ boddhuṁ yuṣmākamadhikāro'sti;
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 kintu ye vahirbhūtāḥ "te paśyantaḥ paśyanti kintu na jānanti, śṛṇvantaḥ śṛṇvanti kintu na budhyante, cettai rmanaḥsu kadāpi parivarttiteṣu teṣāṁ pāpānyamocayiṣyanta," atohetostān prati dṛṣṭāntaireva tāni mayā kathitāni|
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 atha sa kathitavān yūyaṁ kimetad dṛṣṭāntavākyaṁ na budhyadhve? tarhi kathaṁ sarvvān dṛṣṭāntāna bhotsyadhve?
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 bījavaptā vākyarūpāṇi bījāni vapati;
The sower soweth the word.
15 tatra ye ye lokā vākyaṁ śṛṇvanti, kintu śrutamātrāt śaitān śīghramāgatya teṣāṁ manaḥsūptāni tāni vākyarūpāṇi bījānyapanayati taeva uptabījamārgapārśvesvarūpāḥ|
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 ye janā vākyaṁ śrutvā sahasā paramānandena gṛhlanti, kintu hṛdi sthairyyābhāvāt kiñcit kālamātraṁ tiṣṭhanti tatpaścāt tadvākyahetoḥ
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 kutracit kleśe upadrave vā samupasthite tadaiva vighnaṁ prāpnuvanti taeva uptabījapāṣāṇabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
18 ye janāḥ kathāṁ śṛṇvanti kintu sāṁsārikī cintā dhanabhrānti rviṣayalobhaśca ete sarvve upasthāya tāṁ kathāṁ grasanti tataḥ mā viphalā bhavati (aiōn g165)
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 taeva uptabījasakaṇṭakabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
20 ye janā vākyaṁ śrutvā gṛhlanti teṣāṁ kasya vā triṁśadguṇāni kasya vā ṣaṣṭiguṇāni kasya vā śataguṇāni phalāni bhavanti taeva uptabījorvvarabhūmisvarūpāḥ|
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 tadā so'paramapi kathitavān kopi jano dīpādhāraṁ parityajya droṇasyādhaḥ khaṭvāyā adhe vā sthāpayituṁ dīpamānayati kiṁ?
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 atoheto ryanna prakāśayiṣyate tādṛg lukkāyitaṁ kimapi vastu nāsti; yad vyaktaṁ na bhaviṣyati tādṛśaṁ guptaṁ kimapi vastu nāsti|
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 yasya śrotuṁ karṇau staḥ sa śṛṇotu|
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 aparamapi kathitavān yūyaṁ yad yad vākyaṁ śṛṇutha tatra sāvadhānā bhavata, yato yūyaṁ yena parimāṇena parimātha tenaiva parimāṇena yuṣmadarthamapi parimāsyate; śrotāro yūyaṁ yuṣmabhyamadhikaṁ dāsyate|
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 yasyāśraye varddhate tasmai aparamapi dāsyate, kintu yasyāśraye na varddhate tasya yat kiñcidasti tadapi tasmān neṣyate|
For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 anantaraṁ sa kathitavān eko lokaḥ kṣetre bījānyuptvā
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 jāgaraṇanidrābhyāṁ divāniśaṁ gamayati, parantu tadvījaṁ tasyājñātarūpeṇāṅkurayati varddhate ca;
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 yatohetoḥ prathamataḥ patrāṇi tataḥ paraṁ kaṇiśāni tatpaścāt kaṇiśapūrṇāni śasyāni bhūmiḥ svayamutpādayati;
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the head.
29 kintu phaleṣu pakkeṣu śasyacchedanakālaṁ jñātvā sa tatkṣaṇaṁ śasyāni chinatti, anena tulyamīśvararājyaṁ|
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 punaḥ so'kathayad īśvararājyaṁ kena samaṁ? kena vastunā saha vā tadupamāsyāmi?
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 tat sarṣapaikena tulyaṁ yato mṛdi vapanakāle sarṣapabījaṁ sarvvapṛthivīsthabījāt kṣudraṁ
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 kintu vapanāt param aṅkurayitvā sarvvaśākād bṛhad bhavati, tasya bṛhatyaḥ śākhāśca jāyante tatastacchāyāṁ pakṣiṇa āśrayante|
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33 itthaṁ teṣāṁ bodhānurūpaṁ so'nekadṛṣṭāntaistānupadiṣṭavān,
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 dṛṣṭāntaṁ vinā kāmapi kathāṁ tebhyo na kathitavān paścān nirjane sa śiṣyān sarvvadṛṣṭāntārthaṁ bodhitavān|
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 taddinasya sandhyāyāṁ sa tebhyo'kathayad āgacchata vayaṁ pāraṁ yāma|
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 tadā te lokān visṛjya tamavilambaṁ gṛhītvā naukayā pratasthire; aparā api nāvastayā saha sthitāḥ|
And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 tataḥ paraṁ mahājhañbhśagamāt nau rdolāyamānā taraṅgeṇa jalaiḥ pūrṇābhavacca|
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 tadā sa naukācaścādbhāge upadhāne śiro nidhāya nidrita āsīt tataste taṁ jāgarayitvā jagaduḥ, he prabho, asmākaṁ prāṇā yānti kimatra bhavataścintā nāsti?
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 tadā sa utthāya vāyuṁ tarjitavān samudrañcoktavān śāntaḥ susthiraśca bhava; tato vāyau nivṛtte'bdhirnistaraṅgobhūt|
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 tadā sa tānuvāca yūyaṁ kuta etādṛkśaṅkākulā bhavata? kiṁ vo viśvāso nāsti?
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 tasmātte'tīvabhītāḥ parasparaṁ vaktumārebhire, aho vāyuḥ sindhuścāsya nideśagrāhiṇau kīdṛgayaṁ manujaḥ|
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
