lUkaH 19:10-37

¹⁰yad hAritaM tat mRgayituM rakSituJca manuSyaputra AgatavAn|

¹¹atha sa yirUzAlamaH samIpa upAtiSThad IzvararAjatvasyAnuSThAnaM tadaiva bhaviSyatIti lokairanvabhUyata, tasmAt sa zrotRbhyaH punardRSTAntakathAm utthApya kathayAmAsa|

¹²kopi mahAlloko nijArthaM rAjatvapadaM gRhItvA punarAgantuM dUradezaM jagAma|

¹³yAtrAkAle nijAn dazadAsAn AhUya dazasvarNamudrA dattvA mamAgamanaparyyantaM vANijyaM kurutetyAdideza|

¹⁴kintu tasya prajAstamavajJAya manuSyamenam asmAkamupari rAjatvaM na kArayivyAma imAM vArttAM tannikaTe prerayAmAsuH|

¹⁵atha sa rAjatvapadaM prApyAgatavAn ekaiko jano bANijyena kiM labdhavAn iti jJAtuM yeSu dAseSu mudrA arpayat tAn AhUyAnetum Adideza|

¹⁶tadA prathama Agatya kathitavAn, he prabho tava tayaikayA mudrayA dazamudrA labdhAH|

¹⁷tataH sa uvAca tvamuttamo dAsaH svalpena vizvAsyo jAta itaH kAraNAt tvaM dazanagarANAm adhipo bhava|

¹⁸dvitIya Agatya kathitavAn, he prabho tavaikayA mudrayA paJcamudrA labdhAH|

¹⁹tataH sa uvAca, tvaM paJcAnAM nagarANAmadhipati rbhava|

²⁰tatonya Agatya kathayAmAsa, he prabho pazya tava yA mudrA ahaM vastre baddhvAsthApayaM seyaM|

²¹tvaM kRpaNo yannAsthApayastadapi gRhlAsi, yannAvapastadeva ca chinatsi tatohaM tvatto bhItaH|

²²tadA sa jagAda, re duSTadAsa tava vAkyena tvAM doSiNaM kariSyAmi, yadahaM nAsthApayaM tadeva gRhlAmi, yadahaM nAvapaJca tadeva chinadmi, etAdRzaH kRpaNohamiti yadi tvaM jAnAsi,

²³tarhi mama mudrA baNijAM nikaTe kuto nAsthApayaH? tayA kRte'ham Agatya kusIdena sArddhaM nijamudrA aprApsyam|

²⁴pazcAt sa samIpasthAn janAn AjJApayat asmAt mudrA AnIya yasya dazamudrAH santi tasmai datta|

²⁵te procuH prabho'sya dazamudrAH santi|

²⁶yuSmAnahaM vadAmi yasyAzraye vaddhate 'dhikaM tasmai dAyiSyate, kintu yasyAzraye na varddhate tasya yadyadasti tadapi tasmAn nAyiSyate|

²⁷kintu mamAdhipatitvasya vazatve sthAtum asammanyamAnA ye mama ripavastAnAnIya mama samakSaM saMharata|

²⁸ityupadezakathAM kathayitvA sogragaH san yirUzAlamapuraM yayau|

²⁹tato baitphagIbaithanIyAgrAmayoH samIpe jaitunAdrerantikam itvA ziSyadvayam ityuktvA preSayAmAsa,

³⁰yuvAmamuM sammukhasthagrAmaM pravizyaiva yaM kopi mAnuSaH kadApi nArohat taM garddabhazAvakaM baddhaM drakSyathastaM mocayitvAnayataM|

³¹tatra kuto mocayathaH? iti cet kopi vakSyati tarhi vakSyathaH prabheाratra prayojanam Aste|

³²tadA tau praritau gatvA tatkathAाnusAreNa sarvvaM prAptau|

³³gardabhazAvakamocanakAle tatvAmina UcuH, gardabhazAvakaM kuto mocayathaH?

³⁴tAvUcatuH prabhoratra prayojanam Aste|

³⁵pazcAt tau taM gardabhazAvakaM yIzorantikamAnIya tatpRSThe nijavasanAni pAtayitvA tadupari yIzumArohayAmAsatuH|

³⁶atha yAtrAkAle lokAH pathi svavastrANi pAtayitum Arebhire|

³⁷aparaM jaitunAdrerupatyakAm itvA ziSyasaMghaH pUrvvadRSTAni mahAkarmmANi smRtvA,