yohanaH 4:24-40

²⁴Izvara AtmA; tatastasya ye bhaktAstaiH sa AtmanA satyarUpeNa ca bhajanIyaH|

²⁵tadA sA mahilAvAdIt khrISTanAmnA vikhyAto'bhiSiktaH puruSa AgamiSyatIti jAnAmi sa ca sarvvAH kathA asmAn jJApayiSyati|

²⁶tato yIzuravadat tvayA sArddhaM kathanaM karomi yo'ham ahameva sa puruSaH|

²⁷etasmin samaye ziSyA Agatya tathA striyA sArddhaM tasya kathopakathane mahAzcaryyam amanyanta tathApi bhavAn kimicchati? yadvA kimartham etayA sArddhaM kathAM kathayati? iti kopi nApRcchat|

²⁸tataH paraM sA nArI kalazaM sthApayitvA nagaramadhyaM gatvA lokebhyokathAyad

²⁹ahaM yadyat karmmAkaravaM tatsarvvaM mahyamakathayad etAdRzaM mAnavamekam Agatya pazyata ru kim abhiSikto na bhavati ?

³⁰tataste nagarAd bahirAgatya tAtasya samIpam Ayan|

³¹etarhi ziSyAH sAdhayitvA taM vyAhArSuH he guro bhavAn kiJcid bhUktAM|

³²tataH sovadad yuSmAbhiryanna jJAyate tAdRzaM bhakSyaM mamAste|

³³tadA ziSyAH parasparaM praSTum Arambhanta, kimasmai kopi kimapi bhakSyamAnIya dattavAn?

³⁴yIzuravocat matprerakasyAbhimatAnurUpakaraNaM tasyaiva karmmasiddhikAraNaJca mama bhakSyaM|

³⁵mAsacatuSTaye jAte zasyakarttanasamayo bhaviSyatIti vAkyaM yuSmAbhiH kiM nodyate? kintvahaM vadAmi, zira uttolya kSetrANi prati nirIkSya pazyata, idAnIM karttanayogyAni zuklavarNAnyabhavan|

³⁶yazchinatti sa vetanaM labhate anantAyuHsvarUpaM zasyaM sa gRhlAti ca, tenaiva vaptA chettA ca yugapad AnandataH|

³⁷itthaM sati vapatyekazchinatyanya iti vacanaM siddhyati|

³⁸yatra yUyaM na paryyazrAmyata tAdRzaM zasyaM chettuM yuSmAn prairayam anye janAHparyyazrAmyan yUyaM teSAM zragasya phalam alabhadhvam|

³⁹yasmin kAle yadyat karmmAkArSaM tatsarvvaM sa mahyam akathayat tasyA vanitAyA idaM sAkSyavAkyaM zrutvA tannagaranivAsino bahavaH zomiroNIyalokA vyazvasan|

⁴⁰tathA ca tasyAntike samupasthAya sveSAM sannidhau katicid dinAni sthAtuM tasmin vinayam akurvvAna tasmAt sa dinadvayaM tatsthAne nyavaSTat