preritAH 19:22-35

²²svAnugatalokAnAM tImathiyerAstau dvau janau mAkidaniyAdezaM prati prahitya svayam AziyAdeze katipayadinAni sthitavAn|

²³kintu tasmin samaye mate'smin kalaho jAtaH|

²⁴tatkAraNamidaM, arttimIdevyA rUpyamandiranirmmANena sarvveSAM zilpinAM yatheSTalAbham ajanayat yo dImItriyanAmA nADIndhamaH

²⁵sa tAn tatkarmmajIvinaH sarvvalokAMzca samAhUya bhASitavAn he mahecchA etena mandiranirmmANenAsmAkaM jIvikA bhavati, etad yUyaM vittha;

²⁶kintu hastanirmmitezvarA IzvarA nahi paulanAmnA kenacijjanena kathAmimAM vyAhRtya kevalephiSanagare nahi prAyeNa sarvvasmin AziyAdeze pravRttiM grAhayitvA bahulokAnAM zemuSI parAvarttitA, etad yuSmAbhi rdRzyate zrUyate ca|

²⁷tenAsmAkaM vANijyasya sarvvathA hAneH sambhavanaM kevalamiti nahi, AziyAdezasthai rvA sarvvajagatsthai rlokaiH pUjyA yArtimI mahAdevI tasyA mandirasyAvajJAnasya tasyA aizvaryyasya nAzasya ca sambhAvanA vidyateे|

²⁸etAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA te mahAkrodhAnvitAH santa uccaiHkAraM kathitavanta iphiSIyAnAm arttimI devI mahatI bhavati|

²⁹tataH sarvvanagaraM kalahena paripUrNamabhavat, tataH paraM te mAkidanIyagAyAristArkhanAmAnau paulasya dvau sahacarau dhRtvaikacittA raGgabhUmiM javena dhAvitavantaH|

³⁰tataH paulo lokAnAM sannidhiM yAtum udyatavAn kintu ziSyagaNastaM vAritavAn|

³¹paulasyatmIyA AziyAdezasthAH katipayAH pradhAnalokAstasya samIpaM naramekaM preSya tvaM raGgabhUmiM mAgA iti nyavedayan|

³²tato nAnAlokAnAM nAnAkathAkathanAt sabhA vyAkulA jAtA kiM kAraNAd etAvatI janatAbhavat etad adhikai rlokai rnAjJAyi|

³³tataH paraM janatAmadhyAd yihUdIyairbahiSkRtaH sikandaro hastena saGketaM kRtvA lokebhya uttaraM dAtumudyatavAn,

³⁴kintu sa yihUdIyaloka iti nizcite sati iphiSIyAnAm arttimI devI mahatIti vAkyaM prAyeNa paJca daNDAn yAvad ekasvareNa lokanivahaiH proktaM|

³⁵tato nagarAdhipatistAn sthirAn kRtvA kathitavAn he iphiSAyAH sarvve lokA AkarNayata, artimImahAdevyA mahAdevAt patitAyAstatpratimAyAzca pUjanama iphiSanagarasthAH sarvve lokAH kurvvanti, etat ke na jAnanti?