lUkaH 2:9-40

⁹teSAM samIpaM paramezvarasya dUta Agatyopatasthau; tadA catuSpArzve paramezvarasya tejasaH prakAzitatvAt te'tizazaGkire|

¹⁰tadA sa dUta uvAca mA bhaiSTa pazyatAdya dAyUdaH pure yuSmannimittaM trAtA prabhuH khrISTo'janiSTa,

¹¹sarvveSAM lokAnAM mahAnandajanakam imaM maGgalavRttAntaM yuSmAn jJApayAmi|

¹²yUyaM (tatsthAnaM gatvA) vastraveSTitaM taM bAlakaM gozAlAyAM zayanaM drakSyatha yuSmAn pratIdaM cihnaM bhaviSyati|

¹³dUta imAM kathAM kathitavati tatrAkasmAt svargIyAH pRtanA Agatya kathAm imAM kathayitvezvarasya guNAnanvavAdiSuH, yathA,

¹⁴sarvvordvvasthairIzvarasya mahimA samprakAzyatAM| zAntirbhUyAt pRthivyAstu santoSazca narAn prati||

¹⁵tataH paraM teSAM sannidhe rdUtagaNe svargaM gate meSapAlakAH parasparam avecan Agacchata prabhuH paramezvaro yAM ghaTanAM jJApitavAn tasyA yAtharyaM jJAtuM vayamadhunA baitlehampuraM yAmaH|

¹⁶pazcAt te tUrNaM vrajitvA mariyamaM yUSaphaM gozAlAyAM zayanaM bAlakaJca dadRzuH|

¹⁷itthaM dRSTvA bAlakasyArthe proktAM sarvvakathAM te prAcArayAJcakruH|

¹⁸tato ye lokA meSarakSakANAM vadanebhyastAM vArttAM zuzruvuste mahAzcaryyaM menire|

¹⁹kintu mariyam etatsarvvaghaTanAnAM tAtparyyaM vivicya manasi sthApayAmAsa|

²⁰tatpazcAd dUtavijJaptAnurUpaM zrutvA dRSTvA ca meSapAlakA Izvarasya guNAnuvAdaM dhanyavAdaJca kurvvANAH parAvRtya yayuH|

²¹atha bAlakasya tvakchedanakAle'STamadivase samupasthite tasya garbbhasthiteH purvvaM svargIyadUto yathAjJApayat tadanurUpaM te tannAmadheyaM yIzuriti cakrire|

²²tataH paraM mUsAlikhitavyavasthAyA anusAreNa mariyamaH zucitvakAla upasthite,

²³"prathamajaH sarvvaH puruSasantAnaH paramezvare samarpyatAM," iti paramezvarasya vyavasthayA

²⁴yIzuM paramezvare samarpayitum zAstrIyavidhyuktaM kapotadvayaM pArAvatazAvakadvayaM vA baliM dAtuM te taM gRhItvA yirUzAlamam AyayuH|

²⁵yirUzAlampuranivAsI zimiyonnAmA dhArmmika eka AsIt sa isrAyelaH sAntvanAmapekSya tasthau kiJca pavitra AtmA tasminnAvirbhUtaH|

²⁶aparaM prabhuNA paramezvareNAbhiSikte trAtari tvayA na dRSTe tvaM na mariSyasIti vAkyaM pavitreNa AtmanA tasma prAkathyata|

²⁷aparaJca yadA yIzoH pitA mAtA ca tadarthaM vyavasthAnurUpaM karmma karttuM taM mandiram AninyatustadA

²⁸zimiyon Atmana AkarSaNena mandiramAgatya taM kroDe nidhAya Izvarasya dhanyavAdaM kRtvA kathayAmAsa, yathA,

²⁹he prabho tava dAsoyaM nijavAkyAnusArataH| idAnIntu sakalyANo bhavatA saMvisRjyatAm|

³⁰yataH sakaladezasya dIptaye dIptirUpakaM|

³¹isrAyelIyalokasya mahAgauravarUpakaM|

³²yaM trAyakaM janAnAntu sammukhe tvamajIjanaH| saeva vidyate'smAkaM dhravaM nayananagocare||

³³tadAnIM tenoktA etAH sakalAH kathAH zrutvA tasya mAtA yUSaph ca vismayaM menAte|

³⁴tataH paraM zimiyon tebhya AziSaM dattvA tanmAtaraM mariyamam uvAca, pazya isrAyelo vaMzamadhye bahUnAM pAtanAyotthApanAya ca tathA virodhapAtraM bhavituM, bahUnAM guptamanogatAnAM prakaTIkaraNAya bAlakoyaM niyuktosti|

³⁵tasmAt tavApi prANAH zUlena vyatsyante|

³⁶aparaJca Azerasya vaMzIyaphinUyelo duhitA hannAkhyA atijaratI bhaviSyadvAdinyekA yA vivAhAt paraM sapta vatsarAn patyA saha nyavasat tato vidhavA bhUtvA caturazItivarSavayaHparyyanataM

³⁷mandire sthitvA prArthanopavAsairdivAnizam Izvaram asevata sApi strI tasmin samaye mandiramAgatya

³⁸paramezvarasya dhanyavAdaM cakAra, yirUzAlampuravAsino yAvanto lokA muktimapekSya sthitAstAn yIzorvRttAntaM jJApayAmAsa|

³⁹itthaM paramezvarasya vyavasthAnusAreNa sarvveSu karmmasu kRteSu tau punazca gAlIlo nAsaratnAmakaM nijanagaraM pratasthAte|

⁴⁰tatpazcAd bAlakaH zarIreNa vRddhimetya jJAnena paripUrNa AtmanA zaktimAMzca bhavitumArebhe tathA tasmin IzvarAnugraho babhUva|