1aparañcāhaṁ punaḥ śokāya yuṣmatsannidhiṁ na gamiṣyāmīti manasi niracaiṣaṁ|
2yasmād ahaṁ yadi yuṣmān śokayuktān karomi tarhi mayā yaḥ śokayuktīkṛtastaṁ vinā kenāpareṇāhaṁ harṣayiṣye?
3mama yo harṣaḥ sa yuṣmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ harṣa eveti niścitaṁ mayābodhi; ataeva yairahaṁ harṣayitavyastai rmadupasthitisamaye yanmama śoko na jāyeta tadarthameva yuṣmabhyam etādṛśaṁ patraṁ mayā likhitaṁ|
4vastutastu bahukleśasya manaḥpīḍāyāśca samaye'haṁ bahvaśrupātena patramekaṁ likhitavān yuṣmākaṁ śokārthaṁ tannahi kintu yuṣmāsu madīyapremabāhulyasya jñāpanārthaṁ|
5yenāhaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastena kevalamahaṁ śokayuktīkṛtastannahi kintvaṁśato yūyaṁ sarvve'pi yato'hamatra kasmiṁścid doṣamāropayituṁ necchāmi|
6bahūnāṁ yat tarjjanaṁ tena janenālambhi tat tadarthaṁ pracuraṁ|
7ataḥ sa duḥkhasāgare yanna nimajjati tadarthaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ sa kṣantavyaḥ sāntvayitavyaśca|
8iti hetoḥ prarthaye'haṁ yuṣmābhistasmin dayā kriyatāṁ|
9yūyaṁ sarvvakarmmaṇi mamādeśaṁ gṛhlītha na veti parīkṣitum ahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhitavān|
10yasya yo doṣo yuṣmābhiḥ kṣamyate tasya sa doṣo mayāpi kṣamyate yaśca doṣo mayā kṣamyate sa yuṣmākaṁ kṛte khrīṣṭasya sākṣāt kṣamyate|
11śayatānaḥ kalpanāsmābhirajñātā nahi, ato vayaṁ yat tena na vañcyāmahe tadartham asmābhiḥ sāvadhānai rbhavitavyaṁ|
12aparañca khrīṣṭasya susaṁvādaghoṣaṇārthaṁ mayi troyānagaramāgate prabhoḥ karmmaṇe ca madarthaṁ dvāre mukte
13satyapi svabhrātustītasyāvidyamānatvāt madīyātmanaḥ kāpi śānti rna babhūva, tasmād ahaṁ tān visarjjanaṁ yācitvā mākidaniyādeśaṁ gantuṁ prasthānam akaravaṁ|
14ya īśvaraḥ sarvvadā khrīṣṭenāsmān jayinaḥ karoti sarvvatra cāsmābhistadīyajñānasya gandhaṁ prakāśayati sa dhanyaḥ|
15yasmād ye trāṇaṁ lapsyante ye ca vināśaṁ gamiṣyanti tān prati vayam īśvareṇa khrīṣṭasya saugandhyaṁ bhavāmaḥ|
16vayam ekeṣāṁ mṛtyave mṛtyugandhā apareṣāñca jīvanāya jīvanagandhā bhavāmaḥ, kintvetādṛśakarmmasādhane kaḥ samartho'sti?
17anye bahavo lokā yadvad īśvarasya vākyaṁ mṛṣāśikṣayā miśrayanti vayaṁ tadvat tanna miśrayantaḥ saralabhāveneśvarasya sākṣād īśvarasyādeśāt khrīṣṭena kathāṁ bhāṣāmahe|
