yohanaH 1:19-37

¹⁹tvaM kaH? iti vAkyaM preSTuM yadA yihUdIyalokA yAjakAn levilokAMzca yirUzAlamo yohanaH samIpe preSayAmAsuH,

²⁰tadA sa svIkRtavAn nApahnUtavAn nAham abhiSikta ityaGgIkRtavAn|

²¹tadA te'pRcchan tarhi ko bhavAn? kiM eliyaH? sovadat na; tataste'pRcchan tarhi bhavAn sa bhaviSyadvAdI? sovadat nAhaM saH|

²²tadA te'pRcchan tarhi bhavAn kaH? vayaM gatvA prerakAn tvayi kiM vakSyAmaH? svasmin kiM vadasi?

²³tadA sovadat| paramezasya panthAnaM pariSkuruta sarvvataH| itIdaM prAntare vAkyaM vadataH kasyacidravaH| kathAmimAM yasmin yizayiyo bhaviSyadvAdI likhitavAn soham|

²⁴ye preSitAste phirUzilokAH|

²⁵tadA te'pRcchan yadi nAbhiSiktosi eliyosi na sa bhaviSyadvAdyapi nAsi ca, tarhi lokAn majjayasi kutaH?

²⁶tato yohan pratyavocat, toye'haM majjayAmIti satyaM kintu yaM yUyaM na jAnItha tAdRza eko jano yuSmAkaM madhya upatiSThati|

²⁷sa matpazcAd Agatopi matpUrvvaM varttamAna AsIt tasya pAdukAbandhanaM mocayitumapi nAhaM yogyosmi|

²⁸yarddananadyAH pArasthabaithabArAyAM yasminsthAne yohanamajjayat tasmina sthAne sarvvametad aghaTata|

²⁹pare'hani yohan svanikaTamAgacchantaM yizuM vilokya prAvocat jagataH pApamocakam Izvarasya meSazAvakaM pazyata|

³⁰yo mama pazcAdAgamiSyati sa matto gurutaraH, yato hetormatpUrvvaM so'varttata yasminnahaM kathAmimAM kathitavAn sa evAyaM|

³¹aparaM nAhamenaM pratyabhijJAtavAn kintu isrAyellokA enaM yathA paricinvanti tadabhiprAyeNAhaM jale majjayitumAgaccham|

³²punazca yohanaparamekaM pramANaM datvA kathitavAn vihAyasaH kapotavad avatarantamAtmAnam asyoparyyavatiSThantaM ca dRSTavAnaham|

³³nAhamenaM pratyabhijJAtavAn iti satyaM kintu yo jale majjayituM mAM prairayat sa evemAM kathAmakathayat yasyoparyyAtmAnam avatarantam avatiSThantaJca drakSayasi saeva pavitre Atmani majjayiSyati|

³⁴avastannirIkSyAyam Izvarasya tanaya iti pramANaM dadAmi|

³⁵pare'hani yohan dvAbhyAM ziSyAbhyAM sArddheM tiSThan

³⁶yizuM gacchantaM vilokya gaditavAn, Izvarasya meSazAvakaM pazyataM|

³⁷imAM kathAM zrutvA dvau ziSyau yIzoH pazcAd IyatuH|