lUkaH 19:8-32

⁸kintu sakkeyo daNDAyamAno vaktumArebhe, he prabho pashya mama yA sampattirasti tadarddhaM daridrebhyo dade, aparam anyAyaM kR^itvA kasmAdapi yadi kadApi ki nchit mayA gR^ihItaM tarhi tachchaturguNaM dadAmi|

⁹tadA yIshustamuktavAn ayamapi ibrAhImaH santAno.ataH kAraNAd adyAsya gR^ihe trANamupasthitaM|

¹⁰yad hAritaM tat mR^igayituM rakShitu ncha manuShyaputra AgatavAn|

¹¹atha sa yirUshAlamaH samIpa upAtiShThad IshvararAjatvasyAnuShThAnaM tadaiva bhaviShyatIti lokairanvabhUyata, tasmAt sa shrotR^ibhyaH punardR^iShTAntakathAm utthApya kathayAmAsa|

¹²kopi mahAlloko nijArthaM rAjatvapadaM gR^ihItvA punarAgantuM dUradeshaM jagAma|

¹³yAtrAkAle nijAn dashadAsAn AhUya dashasvarNamudrA dattvA mamAgamanaparyyantaM vANijyaM kurutetyAdidesha|

¹⁴kintu tasya prajAstamavaj nAya manuShyamenam asmAkamupari rAjatvaM na kArayivyAma imAM vArttAM tannikaTe prerayAmAsuH|

¹⁵atha sa rAjatvapadaM prApyAgatavAn ekaiko jano bANijyena kiM labdhavAn iti j nAtuM yeShu dAseShu mudrA arpayat tAn AhUyAnetum Adidesha|

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

¹⁷tataH sa uvAcha tvamuttamo dAsaH svalpena vishvAsyo jAta itaH kAraNAt tvaM dashanagarANAm adhipo bhava|

¹⁸dvitIya Agatya kathitavAn, he prabho tavaikayA mudrayA pa nchamudrA labdhAH|

¹⁹tataH sa uvAcha, tvaM pa nchAnAM nagarANAmadhipati rbhava|

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

²¹tvaM kR^ipaNo yannAsthApayastadapi gR^ihlAsi, yannAvapastadeva cha Chinatsi tatohaM tvatto bhItaH|

²²tadA sa jagAda, re duShTadAsa tava vAkyena tvAM doShiNaM kariShyAmi, yadahaM nAsthApayaM tadeva gR^ihlAmi, yadahaM nAvapa ncha tadeva Chinadmi, etAdR^ishaH kR^ipaNohamiti yadi tvaM jAnAsi,

²³tarhi mama mudrA baNijAM nikaTe kuto nAsthApayaH? tayA kR^ite.aham Agatya kusIdena sArddhaM nijamudrA aprApsyam|

²⁴pashchAt sa samIpasthAn janAn Aj nApayat asmAt mudrA AnIya yasya dashamudrAH santi tasmai datta|

²⁵te prochuH prabho.asya dashamudrAH santi|

²⁶yuShmAnahaM vadAmi yasyAshraye vaddhate .adhikaM tasmai dAyiShyate, kintu yasyAshraye na varddhate tasya yadyadasti tadapi tasmAn nAyiShyate|

²⁷kintu mamAdhipatitvasya vashatve sthAtum asammanyamAnA ye mama ripavastAnAnIya mama samakShaM saMharata|

²⁸ityupadeshakathAM kathayitvA sogragaH san yirUshAlamapuraM yayau|

²⁹tato baitphagIbaithanIyAgrAmayoH samIpe jaitunAdrerantikam itvA shiShyadvayam ityuktvA preShayAmAsa,

³⁰yuvAmamuM sammukhasthagrAmaM pravishyaiva yaM kopi mAnuShaH kadApi nArohat taM garddabhashAvakaM baddhaM drakShyathastaM mochayitvAnayataM|

³¹tatra kuto mochayathaH? iti chet kopi vakShyati tarhi vakShyathaH prabheाratra prayojanam Aste|

³²tadA tau praritau gatvA tatkathAाnusAreNa sarvvaM prAptau|