lUkaH 12:28-47

²⁸adya kSetre varttamAnaM zvazcUllyAM kSepsyamAnaM yat tRNaM, tasmai yadIzvara itthaM bhUSayati tarhi he alpapratyayino yuSmAna kiM na paridhApayiSyati?

²⁹ataeva kiM khAdiSyAmaH? kiM paridhAsyAmaH? etadarthaM mA ceSTadhvaM mA saMdigdhvaJca|

³⁰jagato devArccakA etAni sarvvANi ceSTanate; eSu vastuSu yuSmAkaM prayojanamAste iti yuSmAkaM pitA jAnAti|

³¹ataevezvarasya rAjyArthaM saceSTA bhavata tathA kRte sarvvANyetAni dravyANi yuSmabhyaM pradAyiSyante|

³²he kSudrameSavraja yUyaM mA bhaiSTa yuSmabhyaM rAjyaM dAtuM yuSmAkaM pituH sammatirasti|

³³ataeva yuSmAkaM yA yA sampattirasti tAM tAM vikrIya vitarata, yat sthAnaM caurA nAgacchanti, kITAzca na kSAyayanti tAdRze svarge nijArtham ajare sampuTake 'kSayaM dhanaM saJcinuta ca;

³⁴yato yatra yuSmAkaM dhanaM varttate tatreva yuSmAkaM manaH|

³⁵aparaJca yUyaM pradIpaM jvAlayitvA baddhakaTayastiSThata;

³⁶prabhu rvivAhAdAgatya yadaiva dvAramAhanti tadaiva dvAraM mocayituM yathA bhRtyA apekSya tiSThanti tathA yUyamapi tiSThata|

³⁷yataH prabhurAgatya yAn dAsAn sacetanAn tiSThato drakSyati taeva dhanyAH; ahaM yuSmAn yathArthaM vadAmi prabhustAn bhojanArtham upavezya svayaM baddhakaTiH samIpametya pariveSayiSyati|

³⁸yadi dvitIye tRtIye vA prahare samAgatya tathaiva pazyati, tarhi taeva dAsA dhanyAH|

³⁹aparaJca kasmin kSaNe caurA AgamiSyanti iti yadi gRhapati rjJAtuM zaknoti tadAvazyaM jAgran nijagRhe sandhiM karttayituM vArayati yUyametad vitta|

⁴⁰ataeva yUyamapi sajjamAnAstiSThata yato yasmin kSaNe taM nAprekSadhve tasminneva kSaNe manuSyaputra AgamiSyati|

⁴¹tadA pitaraH papraccha, he prabho bhavAn kimasmAn uddizya kiM sarvvAn uddizya dRSTAntakathAmimAM vadati?

⁴²tataH prabhuH provAca, prabhuH samucitakAle nijaparivArArthaM bhojyapariveSaNAya yaM tatpade niyokSyati tAdRzo vizvAsyo boddhA karmmAdhIzaH kosti?

⁴³prabhurAgatya yam etAdRze karmmaNi pravRttaM drakSyati saeva dAso dhanyaH|

⁴⁴ahaM yuSmAn yathArthaM vadAmi sa taM nijasarvvasvasyAdhipatiM kariSyati|

⁴⁵kintu prabhurvilambenAgamiSyati, iti vicintya sa dAso yadi tadanyadAsIdAsAn praharttum bhoktuM pAtuM madituJca prArabhate,

⁴⁶tarhi yadA prabhuM nApekSiSyate yasmin kSaNe so'cetanazca sthAsyati tasminneva kSaNe tasya prabhurAgatya taM padabhraSTaM kRtvA vizvAsahInaiH saha tasya aMzaM nirUpayiSyati|

⁴⁷yo dAsaH prabheाrAjJAM jJAtvApi sajjito na tiSThati tadAjJAnusAreNa ca kAryyaM na karoti sonekAn prahArAn prApsyati;