1aparam asmAkam etasmin pArthive dUSyarUpe vezmani jIrNe satIzvareNa nirmmitam akarakRtam asmAkam anantakAlasthAyi vezmaikaM svarge vidyata iti vayaM jAnImaH|
2yato hetoretasmin vezmani tiSThanto vayaM taM svargIyaM vAsaM paridhAtum AkAGkSyamANA niHzvasAmaH|
3tathApIdAnImapi vayaM tena na nagnAH kintu parihitavasanA manyAmahe|
4etasmin dUSye tiSThanato vayaM klizyamAnA niHzvasAmaH, yato vayaM vAsaM tyaktum icchAmastannahi kintu taM dvitIyaM vAsaM paridhAtum icchAmaH, yatastathA kRte jIvanena martyaM grasiSyate|
5etadarthaM vayaM yena sRSTAH sa Izvara eva sa cAsmabhyaM satyaGkArasya paNasvarUpam AtmAnaM dattavAn|
6ataeva vayaM sarvvadotsukA bhavAmaH kiJca zarIre yAvad asmAbhi rnyuSyate tAvat prabhuto dUre proSyata iti jAnImaH,
7yato vayaM dRSTimArge na carAmaH kintu vizvAsamArge|
8aparaJca zarIrAd dUre pravastuM prabhoH sannidhau nivastuJcAkAGkSyamANA utsukA bhavAmaH|
9tasmAdeva kAraNAd vayaM tasya sannidhau nivasantastasmAd dUre pravasanto vA tasmai rocituM yatAmahe|
10yasmAt zarIrAvasthAyAm ekaikena kRtAnAM karmmaNAM zubhAzubhaphalaprAptaye sarvvaismAbhiH khrISTasya vicArAsanasammukha upasthAtavyaM|
11ataeva prabho rbhayAnakatvaM vijJAya vayaM manujAn anunayAmaH kiJcezvarasya gocare saprakAzA bhavAmaH, yuSmAkaM saMvedagocare'pi saprakAzA bhavAma ityAzaMsAmahe|
12anena vayaM yuSmAkaM sannidhau punaH svAn prazaMsAma iti nahi kintu ye mano vinA mukhaiH zlAghante tebhyaH pratyuttaradAnAya yUyaM yathAsmAbhiH zlAghituM zaknutha tAdRzam upAyaM yuSmabhyaM vitarAmaH|
13yadi vayaM hatajJAnA bhavAmastarhi tad IzvarArthakaM yadi ca sajJAnA bhavAmastarhi tad yuSmadarthakaM|
14vayaM khrISTasya premnA samAkRSyAmahe yataH sarvveSAM vinimayena yadyeko jano'mriyata tarhi te sarvve mRtA ityAsmAbhi rbudhyate|
15aparaJca ye jIvanti te yat svArthaM na jIvanti kintu teSAM kRte yo jano mRtaH punarutthApitazca tamuddizya yat jIvanti tadarthameva sa sarvveSAM kRte mRtavAn|
16ato hetoritaH paraM ko'pyasmAbhi rjAtito na pratijJAtavyaH|yadyapi pUrvvaM khrISTo jAtito'smAbhiH pratijJAtastathApIdAnIM jAtitaH puna rna pratijJAyate|
17kenacit khrISTa Azrite nUtanA sRSTi rbhavati purAtanAni lupyante pazya nikhilAni navInAni bhavanti|
18sarvvaJcaitad Izvarasya karmma yato yIzukhrISTena sa evAsmAn svena sArddhaM saMhitavAn sandhAnasambandhIyAM paricaryyAm asmAsu samarpitavAMzca|
19yataH IzvaraH khrISTam adhiSThAya jagato janAnAm AgAMsi teSAm RNamiva na gaNayan svena sArddhaM tAn saMhitavAn sandhivArttAm asmAsu samarpitavAMzca|
20ato vayaM khrISTasya vinimayena dautyaM karmma sampAdayAmahe, IzvarazcAsmAbhi ryuSmAn yAyAcyate tataH khrISTasya vinimayena vayaM yuSmAn prArthayAmahe yUyamIzvareNa sandhatta|
21yato vayaM tena yad IzvarIyapuNyaM bhavAmastadarthaM pApena saha yasya jJAteyaM nAsIt sa eva tenAsmAkaM vinimayena pApaH kRtaH|