yohanaH 4:9-32

⁹yIzuH zomiroNIyAM tAM yoSitam vyAhArSIt mahyaM kiJcit pAnIyaM pAtuM dehi| kintu zomiroNIyaiH sAkaM yihUdIyalokA na vyavAharan tasmAddhetoH sAkathayat zomiroNIyA yoSitadahaM tvaM yihUdIyosi kathaM mattaH pAnIyaM pAtum icchasi?

¹⁰tato yIzuravadad Izvarasya yaddAnaM tatkIdRk pAnIyaM pAtuM mahyaM dehi ya itthaM tvAM yAcate sa vA ka iti cedajJAsyathAstarhi tamayAciSyathAH sa ca tubhyamamRtaM toyamadAsyat|

¹¹tadA sA sImantinI bhASitavati, he maheccha prahirgambhIro bhavato nIrottolanapAtraM nAstI ca tasmAt tadamRtaM kIlAlaM kutaH prApsyasi?

¹²yosmabhyam imamandhUM dadau, yasya ca parijanA gomeSAdayazca sarvve'sya praheH pAnIyaM papuretAdRzo yosmAkaM pUrvvapuruSo yAkUb tasmAdapi bhavAn mahAn kiM?

¹³tato yIzurakathayad idaM pAnIyaM saH pivati sa punastRSArtto bhaviSyati,

¹⁴kintu mayA dattaM pAnIyaM yaH pivati sa punaH kadApi tRSArtto na bhaviSyati| mayA dattam idaM toyaM tasyAntaH prasravaNarUpaM bhUtvA anantAyuryAvat sroSyati|

¹⁵tadA sA vanitAkathayat he maheccha tarhi mama punaH pIpAsA yathA na jAyate toyottolanAya yathAtrAgamanaM na bhavati ca tadarthaM mahyaM tattoyaM dehI|

¹⁶tato yIzUravadadyAhi tava patimAhUya sthAne'trAgaccha|

¹⁷sA vAmAvadat mama patirnAsti| yIzuravadat mama patirnAstIti vAkyaM bhadramavocaH|

¹⁸yatastava paJca patayobhavan adhunA tu tvayA sArddhaM yastiSThati sa tava bharttA na vAkyamidaM satyamavAdiH|

¹⁹tadA sA mahilA gaditavati he maheccha bhavAn eko bhaviSyadvAdIti buddhaM mayA|

²⁰asmAkaM pitRlokA etasmin ziloccaye'bhajanta, kintu bhavadbhirucyate yirUzAlam nagare bhajanayogyaM sthAnamAste|

²¹yIzuravocat he yoSit mama vAkye vizvasihi yadA yUyaM kevalazaile'smin vA yirUzAlam nagare piturbhajanaM na kariSyadhve kAla etAdRza AyAti|

²²yUyaM yaM bhajadhve taM na jAnItha, kintu vayaM yaM bhajAmahe taM jAnImahe, yato yihUdIyalokAnAM madhyAt paritrANaM jAyate|

²³kintu yadA satyabhaktA AtmanA satyarUpeNa ca piturbhajanaM kariSyante samaya etAdRza AyAti, varam idAnImapi vidyate ; yata etAdRzo bhatkAn pitA ceSTate|

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|