prakāśitaṁ 17

1 tadanantaraṁ teṣāṁ saptakaṁsadhāriṇāṁ saptadūtānām eka āgatya māṁ sambhāṣyāvadat, atrāgaccha, medinyā narapatayo yayā veśyayā sārddhaṁ vyabhicārakarmma kṛtavantaḥ,

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who sits on the many waters,

2 yasyā vyabhicāramadena ca pṛthivīnivāsino mattā abhavan tasyā bahutoyeṣūpaviṣṭāyā mahāveśyāyā daṇḍam ahaṁ tvāṁ darśayāmi|

with whom the kings of the earth fornicated; and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

3 tato 'ham ātmanāviṣṭastena dūtena prāntaraṁ nītastatra nindānāmabhiḥ paripūrṇaṁ saptaśirobhi rdaśaśṛṅgaiśca viśiṣṭaṁ sindūravarṇaṁ paśumupaviṣṭā yoṣidekā mayā dṛṣṭā|

So he took me away in spirit to a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 sā nārī kṛṣṇalohitavarṇaṁ sindūravarṇañca paricchadaṁ dhārayati svarṇamaṇimuktābhiśca vibhūṣitāsti tasyāḥ kare ghṛṇārhadravyaiḥ svavyabhicārajātamalaiśca paripūrṇa ekaḥ suvarṇamayaḥ kaṁso vidyate|

And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

5 tasyā bhāle nigūḍhavākyamidaṁ pṛthivīsthaveśyānāṁ ghṛṇyakriyāṇāñca mātā mahābābiliti nāma likhitam āste|

And on her forehead a name was written: “Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the prostitutes and the abominations of the earth.”

6 mama dṛṣṭigocarasthā sā nārī pavitralokānāṁ rudhireṇa yīśoḥ sākṣiṇāṁ rudhireṇa ca mattāsīt tasyā darśanāt mamātiśayam āścaryyajñānaṁ jātaṁ|

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, even with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And upon seeing her I was tremendously impressed.

7 tataḥ sa dūto mām avadat kutastavāścaryyajñānaṁ jāyate? asyā yoṣitastadvāhanasya saptaśirobhi rdaśaśṛṅgaiśca yuktasya paśośca nigūḍhabhāvam ahaṁ tvāṁ jñāpayāmi|

So the angel said to me: “Why are you impressed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast, having the seven heads and the ten horns, that carries her.

8 tvayā dṛṣṭo 'sau paśurāsīt nedānīṁ varttate kintu rasātalāt tenodetavyaṁ vināśaśca gantavyaḥ| tato yeṣāṁ nāmāni jagataḥ sṛṣṭikālam ārabhya jīvanapustake likhitāni na vidyante te pṛthivīnivāsino bhūtam avarttamānamupasthāsyantañca taṁ paśuṁ dṛṣṭvāścaryyaṁ maṁsyante| (Abyssos g12)

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the Abyss and to go into perdition. And those who dwell upon the earth will be amazed, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not and will be present. (Abyssos g12)

9 atra jñānayuktayā buddhyā prakāśitavyaṁ| tāni saptaśirāṁsi tasyā yoṣita upaveśanasthānasvarūpāḥ saptagirayaḥ sapta rājānaśca santi|

Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

10 teṣāṁ pañca patitā ekaśca varttamānaḥ śeṣaścādyāpyanupasthitaḥ sa yadopasthāsyati tadāpi tenālpakālaṁ sthātavyaṁ|

And there are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not come yet. And whenever he comes he must continue a short time.

11 yaḥ paśurāsīt kintvidānīṁ na varttate sa evāṣṭamaḥ, sa saptānām eko 'sti vināśaṁ gamiṣyati ca|

And the beast that was and is not; he is actually the eighth, yet he is of the seven, and he is going into perdition.

12 tvayā dṛṣṭāni daśaśṛṅgāṇyapi daśa rājānaḥ santiḥ, adyāpi tai rājyaṁ na prāptaṁ kintu muhūrttamekaṁ yāvat paśunā sārddhaṁ te rājāna iva prabhutvaṁ prāpsyanti|

And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the Beast for one hour.

13 ta ekamantraṇā bhaviṣyanti svakīyaśaktiprabhāvau paśave dāsyanti ca|

These are of one mind and give their power and authority to the Beast.

14 te meṣaśāvakena sārddhaṁ yotsyanti, kintu meṣaśāvakastān jeṣyati yataḥ sa prabhūnāṁ prabhū rājñāṁ rājā cāsti tasya saṅgino 'pyāhūtā abhirucitā viśvāsyāśca|

They will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called and chosen and faithful.”

15 aparaṁ sa mām avadat sā veśyā yatropaviśati tāni toyāni lokā janatā jātayo nānābhāṣāvādinaśca santi|

Then he says to me: “The waters that you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

16 tvayā dṛṣṭāni daśa śṛṅgāṇi paśuśceme tāṁ veśyām ṛtīyiṣyante dīnāṁ nagnāñca kariṣyanti tasyā māṁsāni bhokṣyante vahninā tāṁ dāhayiṣyanti ca|

And the ten horns that you saw, also the beast, these will hate the whore and will lay her waste and strip her and eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

17 yata īśvarasya vākyāni yāvat siddhiṁ na gamiṣyanti tāvad īśvarasya manogataṁ sādhayitum ekāṁ mantraṇāṁ kṛtvā tasmai paśave sveṣāṁ rājyaṁ dātuñca teṣāṁ manāṁsīśvareṇa pravarttitāni|

Because God put it into their hearts to perform His purpose, even to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the Beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled.

18 aparaṁ tvayā dṛṣṭā yoṣit sā mahānagarī yā pṛthivyā rājñām upari rājatvaṁ kurute|

Now the woman whom you saw is the great city that holds rulership over the kings of the earth.