preritāḥ 7:37-43

³⁷prabhuḥ parameśvaro yuṣmākaṁ bhrātṛgaṇasya madhye mādṛśam ekaṁ bhaviṣyadvaktāram utpādayiṣyati tasya kathāyāṁ yūyaṁ mano nidhāsyatha, yo jana isrāyelaḥ santānebhya enāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa sa eṣa mūsāḥ|

³⁸mahāprāntarasthamaṇḍalīmadhye'pi sa eva sīnayaparvvatopari tena sārddhaṁ saṁlāpino dūtasya cāsmatpitṛgaṇasya madhyasthaḥ san asmabhyaṁ dātavyani jīvanadāyakāni vākyāni lebhe|

³⁹asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāstam amānyaṁ katvā svebhyo dūrīkṛtya misaradeśaṁ parāvṛtya gantuṁ manobhirabhilaṣya hāroṇaṁ jagaduḥ,

⁴⁰asmākam agre'gre gantuुm asmadarthaṁ devagaṇaṁ nirmmāhi yato yo mūsā asmān misaradeśād bahiḥ kṛtvānītavān tasya kiṁ jātaṁ tadasmābhi rna jñāyate|

⁴¹tasmin samaye te govatsākṛtiṁ pratimāṁ nirmmāya tāmuddiśya naivedyamutmṛjya svahastakṛtavastunā ānanditavantaḥ|

⁴²tasmād īśvarasteṣāṁ prati vimukhaḥ san ākāśasthaṁ jyotirgaṇaṁ pūjayituṁ tebhyo'numatiṁ dadau, yādṛśaṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ grantheṣu likhitamāste, yathā, isrāyelīyavaṁśā re catvāriṁśatsamān purā| mahati prāntare saṁsthā yūyantu yāni ca| balihomādikarmmāṇi kṛtavantastu tāni kiṁ| māṁ samuddiśya yuṣmābhiḥ prakṛtānīti naiva ca|

⁴³kintu vo molakākhyasya devasya dūṣyameva ca| yuṣmākaṁ rimphanākhyāyā devatāyāśca tārakā| etayorubhayo rmūrtī yuṣmābhiḥ paripūjite| ato yuṣmāṁstu bābelaḥ pāraṁ neṣyāmi niścitaṁ|