preritAH 1:8-19

⁸kintu yuSmAsu pavitrasyAtmana AvirbhAve sati yUyaM zaktiM prApya yirUzAlami samastayihUdAzomiroNadezayoH pRthivyAH sImAM yAvad yAvanto dezAsteSu yarvveSu ca mayi sAkSyaM dAsyatha|

⁹iti vAkyamuktvA sa teSAM samakSaM svargaM nIto'bhavat, tato meghamAruhya teSAM dRSTeragocaro'bhavat|

¹⁰yasmin samaye te vihAyasaM pratyananyadRSTyA tasya tAdRzam Urdvvagamanam apazyan tasminneva samaye zuklavastrau dvau janau teSAM sannidhau daNDAyamAnau kathitavantau,

¹¹he gAlIlIyalokA yUyaM kimarthaM gagaNaM prati nirIkSya daNDAyamAnAstiSThatha? yuSmAkaM samIpAt svargaM nIto yo yIzustaM yUyaM yathA svargam Arohantam adarzam tathA sa punazcAgamiSyati|

¹²tataH paraM te jaitunanAmnaH parvvatAd vizrAmavArasya pathaH parimANam arthAt prAyeNArddhakrozaM durasthaM yirUzAlamnagaraM parAvRtyAgacchan|

¹³nagaraM pravizya pitaro yAkUb yohan AndriyaH philipaH thomA barthajamayo mathirAlphIyaputro yAkUb udyogAी zimon yAkUbo bhrAtA yihUdA ete sarvve yatra sthAne pravasanti tasmin uparitanaprakoSThe prAvizan|

¹⁴pazcAd ime kiyatyaH striyazca yIzo rmAtA mariyam tasya bhrAtarazcaite sarvva ekacittIbhUta satataM vinayena vinayena prArthayanta|

¹⁵tasmin samaye tatra sthAne sAkalyena viMzatyadhikazataM ziSyA Asan| tataH pitarasteSAM madhye tiSThan uktavAn

¹⁶he bhrAtRgaNa yIzudhAriNAM lokAnAM pathadarzako yo yihUdAstasmin dAyUdA pavitra AtmA yAM kathAM kathayAmAsa tasyAH pratyakSIbhavanasyAvazyakatvam AsIt|

¹⁷sa jano'smAkaM madhyavarttI san asyAH sevAyA aMzam alabhata|

¹⁸tadanantaraM kukarmmaNA labdhaM yanmUlyaM tena kSetramekaM krItam aparaM tasmin adhomukhe bhRmau patite sati tasyodarasya vidIrNatvAt sarvvA nADyo niragacchan|

¹⁹etAM kathAM yirUzAlamnivAsinaH sarvve lokA vidAnti; teSAM nijabhASayA tatkSetraJca hakaldAmA, arthAt raktakSetramiti vikhyAtamAste|