romiNaH 2:13-26

¹³vyavasthAzrotAra Izvarasya samIpe niSpApA bhaviSyantIti nahi kintu vyavasthAcAriNa eva sapuNyA bhaviSyanti|

¹⁴yato 'labdhavyavasthAzAstrA bhinnadezIyalokA yadi svabhAvato vyavasthAnurUpAn AcArAn kurvvanti tarhyalabdhazAstrAH santo'pi te sveSAM vyavasthAzAstramiva svayameva bhavanti|

¹⁵teSAM manasi sAkSisvarUpe sati teSAM vitarkeSu ca kadA tAn doSiNaH kadA vA nirdoSAn kRtavatsu te svAntarlikhitasya vyavasthAzAstrasya pramANaM svayameva dadati|

¹⁶yasmin dine mayA prakAzitasya susaMvAdasyAnusArAd Izvaro yIzukhrISTena mAnuSANAm antaHkaraNAnAM gUDhAbhiprAyAn dhRtvA vicArayiSyati tasmin vicAradine tat prakAziSyate|

¹⁷pazya tvaM svayaM yihUdIti vikhyAto vyavasthopari vizvAsaM karoSi,

¹⁸Izvaramuddizya svaM zlAghase, tathA vyavasthayA zikSito bhUtvA tasyAbhimataM jAnAsi, sarvvAsAM kathAnAM sAraM viviMkSe,

¹⁹aparaM jJAnasya satyatAyAzcAkarasvarUpaM zAstraM mama samIpe vidyata ato 'ndhalokAnAM mArgadarzayitA

²⁰timirasthitalokAnAM madhye dIptisvarUpo'jJAnalokebhyo jJAnadAtA zizUnAM zikSayitAhameveti manyase|

²¹parAn zikSayan svayaM svaM kiM na zikSayasi? vastutazcauryyaniSedhavyavasthAM pracArayan tvaM kiM svayameva corayasi?

²²tathA paradAragamanaM pratiSedhan svayaM kiM paradArAn gacchasi? tathA tvaM svayaM pratimAdveSI san kiM mandirasya dravyANi harasi?

²³yastvaM vyavasthAM zlAghase sa tvaM kiM vyavasthAm avamatya nezvaraM sammanyase?

²⁴zAstre yathA likhati "bhinnadezinAM samIpe yuSmAkaM doSAd Izvarasya nAmno nindA bhavati|"

²⁵yadi vyavasthAM pAlayasi tarhi tava tvakchedakriyA saphalA bhavati; yati vyavasthAM laGghase tarhi tava tvakchedo'tvakchedo bhaviSyati|

²⁶yato vyavasthAzAstrAdiSTadharmmakarmmAcArI pumAn atvakchedI sannapi kiM tvakchedinAM madhye na gaNayiSyate?