lūkaḥ 12:31-57

³¹ataeveśvarasya rājyārthaṁ saceṣṭā bhavata tathā kṛte sarvvāṇyetāni dravyāṇi yuṣmabhyaṁ pradāyiṣyante|

³²he kṣudrameṣavraja yūyaṁ mā bhaiṣṭa yuṣmabhyaṁ rājyaṁ dātuṁ yuṣmākaṁ pituḥ sammatirasti|

³³ataeva yuṣmākaṁ yā yā sampattirasti tāṁ tāṁ vikrīya vitarata, yat sthānaṁ caurā nāgacchanti, kīṭāśca na kṣāyayanti tādṛśe svarge nijārtham ajare sampuṭake 'kṣayaṁ dhanaṁ sañcinuta ca;

³⁴yato yatra yuṣmākaṁ dhanaṁ varttate tatreva yuṣmākaṁ manaḥ|

³⁵aparañca yūyaṁ pradīpaṁ jvālayitvā baddhakaṭayastiṣṭhata;

³⁶prabhu rvivāhādāgatya yadaiva dvāramāhanti tadaiva dvāraṁ mocayituṁ yathā bhṛtyā apekṣya tiṣṭhanti tathā yūyamapi tiṣṭhata|

³⁷yataḥ prabhurāgatya yān dāsān sacetanān tiṣṭhato drakṣyati taeva dhanyāḥ; ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi prabhustān bhojanārtham upaveśya svayaṁ baddhakaṭiḥ samīpametya pariveṣayiṣyati|

³⁸yadi dvitīye tṛtīye vā prahare samāgatya tathaiva paśyati, tarhi taeva dāsā dhanyāḥ|

³⁹aparañca kasmin kṣaṇe caurā āgamiṣyanti iti yadi gṛhapati rjñātuṁ śaknoti tadāvaśyaṁ jāgran nijagṛhe sandhiṁ karttayituṁ vārayati yūyametad vitta|

⁴⁰ataeva yūyamapi sajjamānāstiṣṭhata yato yasmin kṣaṇe taṁ nāprekṣadhve tasminneva kṣaṇe manuṣyaputra āgamiṣyati|

⁴¹tadā pitaraḥ papraccha, he prabho bhavān kimasmān uddiśya kiṁ sarvvān uddiśya dṛṣṭāntakathāmimāṁ vadati?

⁴²tataḥ prabhuḥ provāca, prabhuḥ samucitakāle nijaparivārārthaṁ bhojyapariveṣaṇāya yaṁ tatpade niyokṣyati tādṛśo viśvāsyo boddhā karmmādhīśaḥ kosti?

⁴³prabhurāgatya yam etādṛśe karmmaṇi pravṛttaṁ drakṣyati saeva dāso dhanyaḥ|

⁴⁴ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi sa taṁ nijasarvvasvasyādhipatiṁ kariṣyati|

⁴⁵kintu prabhurvilambenāgamiṣyati, iti vicintya sa dāso yadi tadanyadāsīdāsān praharttum bhoktuṁ pātuṁ madituñca prārabhate,

⁴⁶tarhi yadā prabhuṁ nāpekṣiṣyate yasmin kṣaṇe so'cetanaśca sthāsyati tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya prabhurāgatya taṁ padabhraṣṭaṁ kṛtvā viśvāsahīnaiḥ saha tasya aṁśaṁ nirūpayiṣyati|

⁴⁷yo dāsaḥ prabheाrājñāṁ jñātvāpi sajjito na tiṣṭhati tadājñānusāreṇa ca kāryyaṁ na karoti sonekān prahārān prāpsyati;

⁴⁸kintu yo jano'jñātvā prahārārhaṁ karmma karoti solpaprahārān prāpsyati| yato yasmai bāhulyena dattaṁ tasmādeva bāhulyena grahīṣyate, mānuṣā yasya nikaṭe bahu samarpayanti tasmād bahu yācante|

⁴⁹ahaṁ pṛthivyām anaikyarūpaṁ vahni nikṣeptum āgatosmi, sa ced idānīmeva prajvalati tatra mama kā cintā?

⁵⁰kintu yena majjanenāhaṁ magno bhaviṣyāmi yāvatkālaṁ tasya siddhi rna bhaviṣyati tāvadahaṁ katikaṣṭaṁ prāpsyāmi|

⁵¹melanaṁ karttuṁ jagad āgatosmi yūyaṁ kimitthaṁ bodhadhve? yuṣmān vadāmi na tathā, kintvahaṁ melanābhāvaṁ karttuṁm āgatosmi|

⁵²yasmādetatkālamārabhya ekatrasthaparijanānāṁ madhye pañcajanāḥ pṛthag bhūtvā trayo janā dvayorjanayoḥ pratikūlā dvau janau ca trayāṇāṁ janānāṁ pratikūlau bhaviṣyanti|

⁵³pitā putrasya vipakṣaḥ putraśca pitu rvipakṣo bhaviṣyati mātā kanyāyā vipakṣā kanyā ca mātu rvipakṣā bhaviṣyati, tathā śvaśrūrbadhvā vipakṣā badhūśca śvaśrvā vipakṣā bhaviṣyati|

⁵⁴sa lokebhyoparamapi kathayāmāsa, paścimadiśi meghodgamaṁ dṛṣṭvā yūyaṁ haṭhād vadatha vṛṣṭi rbhaviṣyati tatastathaiva jāyate|

⁵⁵aparaṁ dakṣiṇato vāyau vāti sati vadatha nidāgho bhaviṣyati tataḥ sopi jāyate|

⁵⁶re re kapaṭina ākāśasya bhūmyāśca lakṣaṇaṁ boddhuṁ śaknutha,

⁵⁷kintu kālasyāsya lakṣaṇaṁ kuto boddhuṁ na śaknutha? yūyañca svayaṁ kuto na nyāṣyaṁ vicārayatha?