mArkaH 6:7-25

⁷dvAdazaziSyAn AhUya amedhyabhUtAn vazIkarttAM zaktiM dattvA teSAM dvau dvau jano preSitavAn|

⁸punarityAdizad yUyam ekaikAM yaSTiM vinA vastrasaMpuTaH pUpaH kaTibandhe tAmrakhaNDaJca eSAM kimapi mA grahlIta,

⁹mArgayAtrAyai pAdeSUpAnahau dattvA dve uttarIye mA paridhadvvaM|

¹⁰aparamapyuktaM tena yUyaM yasyAM puryyAM yasya nivezanaM pravekSyatha tAM purIM yAvanna tyakSyatha tAvat tannivezane sthAsyatha|

¹¹tatra yadi kepi yuSmAkamAtithyaM na vidadhati yuSmAkaM kathAzca na zRNvanti tarhi tatsthAnAt prasthAnasamaye teSAM viruddhaM sAkSyaM dAtuM svapAdAnAsphAlya rajaH sampAtayata; ahaM yuSmAn yathArthaM vacmi vicAradine tannagarasyAvasthAtaH sidomAmorayo rnagarayoravasthA sahyatarA bhaviSyati|

¹²atha te gatvA lokAnAM manaHparAvarttanIH kathA pracAritavantaH|

¹³evamanekAn bhUtAMzca tyAjitavantastathA tailena marddayitvA bahUn janAnarogAnakArSuH|

¹⁴itthaM tasya sukhyAtizcaturdizo vyAptA tadA herod rAjA tannizamya kathitavAn, yohan majjakaH zmazAnAd utthita atohetostena sarvvA etA adbhutakriyAH prakAzante|

¹⁵anye'kathayan ayam eliyaH, kepi kathitavanta eSa bhaviSyadvAdI yadvA bhaviSyadvAdinAM sadRza ekoyam|

¹⁶kintu herod ityAkarNya bhASitavAn yasyAhaM zirazchinnavAn sa eva yohanayaM sa zmazAnAdudatiSThat|

¹⁷pUrvvaM svabhrAtuH philipasya patnyA udvAhaM kRtavantaM herodaM yohanavAdIt svabhAtRvadhU rna vivAhyA|

¹⁸ataH kAraNAt herod lokaM prahitya yohanaM dhRtvA bandhanAlaye baddhavAn|

¹⁹herodiyA tasmai yohane prakupya taM hantum aicchat kintu na zaktA,

²⁰yasmAd herod taM dhArmmikaM satpuruSaJca jJAtvA sammanya rakSitavAn; tatkathAM zrutvA tadanusAreNa bahUni karmmANi kRtavAn hRSTamanAstadupadezaM zrutavAMzca|

²¹kintu herod yadA svajanmadine pradhAnalokebhyaH senAnIbhyazca gAlIlpradezIyazreSThalokebhyazca rAtrau bhojyamekaM kRtavAn

²²tasmin zubhadine herodiyAyAH kanyA sametya teSAM samakSaM saMnRtya herodastena sahopaviSTAnAJca toSamajIjanat tatA nRpaH kanyAmAha sma matto yad yAcase tadeva tubhyaM dAsye|

²³zapathaM kRtvAkathayat ced rAjyArddhamapi yAcase tadapi tubhyaM dAsye|

²⁴tataH sA bahi rgatvA svamAtaraM papraccha kimahaM yAciSye? tadA sAkathayat yohano majjakasya ziraH|

²⁵atha tUrNaM bhUpasamIpam etya yAcamAnAvadat kSaNesmin yohano majjakasya ziraH pAtre nidhAya dehi, etad yAce'haM|