lUkaH 24:13-42

¹³tasminneva dine dvau shiyyau yirUshAlamashchatuShkroshAntaritam immAyugrAmaM gachChantau

¹⁴tAsAM ghaTanAnAM kathAmakathayatAM

¹⁵tayorAlApavichArayoH kAle yIshurAgatya tAbhyAM saha jagAma

¹⁶kintu yathA tau taM na parichinutastadarthaM tayo rdR^iShTiH saMruddhA|

¹⁷sa tau pR^iShTavAn yuvAM viShaNNau kiM vichArayantau gachChathaH?

¹⁸tatastayoH kliyapAnAmA pratyuvAcha yirUshAlamapure.adhunA yAnyaghaTanta tvaM kevalavideshI kiM tadvR^ittAntaM na jAnAsi?

¹⁹sa paprachCha kA ghaTanAH? tadA tau vaktumArebhAte yIshunAmA yo nAsaratIyo bhaviShyadvAdI Ishvarasya mAnuShANA ncha sAkShAt vAkye karmmaNi cha shaktimAnAsIt

²⁰tam asmAkaM pradhAnayAjakA vichArakAshcha kenApi prakAreNa krushe viddhvA tasya prANAnanAshayan tadIyA ghaTanAH;

²¹kintu ya isrAyelIyalokAn uddhArayiShyati sa evAyam ityAshAsmAbhiH kR^itA|tadyathA tathAstu tasyA ghaTanAyA adya dinatrayaM gataM|

²²adhikantvasmAkaM sa NginInAM kiyatstrINAM mukhebhyo.asambhavavAkyamidaM shrutaM;

²³tAH pratyUShe shmashAnaM gatvA tatra tasya deham aprApya vyAghuTyetvA proktavatyaH svargIsadUtau dR^iShTAvasmAbhistau chAvAdiShTAM sa jIvitavAn|

²⁴tatosmAkaM kaishchit shmashAnamagamyata te.api strINAM vAkyAnurUpaM dR^iShTavantaH kintu taM nApashyan|

²⁵tadA sa tAvuvAcha, he abodhau he bhaviShyadvAdibhiruktavAkyaM pratyetuM vilambamAnau;

²⁶etatsarvvaduHkhaM bhuktvA svabhUtiprAptiH kiM khrIShTasya na nyAyyA?

²⁷tataH sa mUsAgranthamArabhya sarvvabhaviShyadvAdinAM sarvvashAstre svasmin likhitAkhyAnAbhiprAyaM bodhayAmAsa|

²⁸atha gamyagrAmAbhyarNaM prApya tenAgre gamanalakShaNe darshite

²⁹tau sAdhayitvAvadatAM sahAvAbhyAM tiShTha dine gate sati rAtrirabhUt; tataH sa tAbhyAM sArddhaM sthAtuM gR^ihaM yayau|

³⁰pashchAdbhojanopaveshakAle sa pUpaM gR^ihItvA IshvaraguNAn jagAda ta ncha bhaMktvA tAbhyAM dadau|

³¹tadA tayo rdR^iShTau prasannAyAM taM pratyabhij natuH kintu sa tayoH sAkShAdantardadhe|

³²tatastau mithobhidhAtum Arabdhavantau gamanakAle yadA kathAmakathayat shAstrArtha nchabodhayat tadAvayo rbuddhiH kiM na prAjvalat?

³³tau tatkShaNAdutthAya yirUshAlamapuraM pratyAyayatuH, tatsthAne shiShyANAm ekAdashAnAM sa NginA ncha darshanaM jAtaM|

³⁴te prochuH prabhurudatiShThad iti satyaM shimone darshanamadAchcha|

³⁵tataH pathaH sarvvaghaTanAyAH pUpabha njanena tatparichayasya cha sarvvavR^ittAntaM tau vaktumArebhAte|

³⁶itthaM te parasparaM vadanti tatkAle yIshuH svayaM teShAM madhya protthaya yuShmAkaM kalyANaM bhUyAd ityuvAcha,

³⁷kintu bhUtaM pashyAma ityanumAya te samudvivijire treShushcha|

³⁸sa uvAcha, kuto duHkhitA bhavatha? yuShmAkaM manaHsu sandeha udeti cha kutaH?

³⁹eShohaM, mama karau pashyata varaM spR^iShTvA pashyata, mama yAdR^ishAni pashyatha tAdR^ishAni bhUtasya mAMsAsthIni na santi|

⁴⁰ityuktvA sa hastapAdAn darshayAmAsa|

⁴¹te.asambhavaM j nAtvA sAnandA na pratyayan| tataH sa tAn paprachCha, atra yuShmAkaM samIpe khAdyaM ki nchidasti?

⁴²tataste kiyaddagdhamatsyaM madhu cha daduH