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Ⅰ atha prabhAtE sati pradhAnayAjakAH prAnjca upAdhyAyAH sarvvE mantriNazca sabhAM kRtvA yIzuृM bandhayitva pIlAtAkhyasya dEzAdhipatEH savidhaM nItvA samarpayAmAsuH|
Ⅱ tadA pIlAtastaM pRSTavAn tvaM kiM yihUdIyalOkAnAM rAjA? tataH sa pratyuktavAn satyaM vadasi|
Ⅲ aparaM pradhAnayAjakAstasya bahuSu vAkyESu dOSamArOpayAnjcakruH kintu sa kimapi na pratyuvAca|
Ⅳ tadAnIM pIlAtastaM punaH papraccha tvaM kiM nOttarayasi? pazyaitE tvadviruddhaM katiSu sAdhyESu sAkSaM dadati|
Ⅴ kantu yIzustadApi nOttaraM dadau tataH pIlAta AzcaryyaM jagAma|
Ⅵ aparanjca kArAbaddhE kastiMzcit janE tanmahOtsavakAlE lOkai ryAcitE dEzAdhipatistaM mOcayati|
Ⅶ yE ca pUrvvamupaplavamakArSurupaplavE vadhamapi kRtavantastESAM madhyE tadAnOM barabbAnAmaka EkO baddha AsIt|
Ⅷ atO hEtOH pUrvvAparIyAM rItikathAM kathayitvA lOkA uccairuvantaH pIlAtasya samakSaM nivEdayAmAsuH|
Ⅸ tadA pIlAtastAnAcakhyau tarhi kiM yihUdIyAnAM rAjAnaM mOcayiSyAmi? yuSmAbhiH kimiSyatE?
Ⅹ yataH pradhAnayAjakA IrSyAta Eva yIzuM samArpayanniti sa vivEda|
Ⅺ kintu yathA barabbAM mOcayati tathA prArthayituM pradhAnayAjakA lOkAn pravarttayAmAsuH|
Ⅻ atha pIlAtaH punaH pRSTavAn tarhi yaM yihUdIyAnAM rAjEti vadatha tasya kiM kariSyAmi yuSmAbhiH kimiSyatE?
ⅩⅢ tadA tE punarapi prOccaiH prOcustaM kruzE vEdhaya|
ⅩⅣ tasmAt pIlAtaH kathitavAn kutaH? sa kiM kukarmma kRtavAn? kintu tE punazca ruvantO vyAjahrustaM kruzE vEdhaya|
ⅩⅤ tadA pIlAtaH sarvvAllOkAn tOSayitumicchan barabbAM mOcayitvA yIzuM kazAbhiH prahRtya kruzE vEddhuM taM samarpayAmbabhUva|
ⅩⅥ anantaraM sainyagaNO'TTAlikAm arthAd adhipatE rgRhaM yIzuM nItvA sEnAnivahaM samAhuyat|
ⅩⅦ pazcAt tE taM dhUmalavarNavastraM paridhApya kaNTakamukuTaM racayitvA zirasi samArOpya
ⅩⅧ hE yihUdIyAnAM rAjan namaskAra ityuktvA taM namaskarttAmArEbhirE|
ⅩⅨ tasyOttamAggE vEtrAghAtaM cakrustadgAtrE niSThIvanjca nicikSipuH, tathA tasya sammukhE jAnupAtaM praNOmuH
ⅩⅩ itthamupahasya dhUmravarNavastram uttAryya tasya vastraM taM paryyadhApayan kruzE vEddhuM bahirninyuzca|
ⅩⅪ tataH paraM sEkandarasya ruphasya ca pitA zimOnnAmA kurINIyalOka EkaH kutazcid grAmAdEtya pathi yAti taM tE yIzOH kruzaM vOPhuM balAd dadhnuH|
ⅩⅫ atha gulgaltA arthAt ziraHkapAlanAmakaM sthAnaM yIzumAnIya
ⅩⅩⅢ tE gandharasamizritaM drAkSArasaM pAtuM tasmai daduH kintu sa na jagrAha|
ⅩⅩⅣ tasmin kruzE viddhE sati tESAmEkaikazaH kiM prApsyatIti nirNayAya
ⅩⅩⅤ tasya paridhEyAnAM vibhAgArthaM guTikApAtaM cakruH|
ⅩⅩⅥ aparam ESa yihUdIyAnAM rAjEti likhitaM dOSapatraM tasya ziraUrdvvam ArOpayAnjcakruH|
ⅩⅩⅦ tasya vAmadakSiNayO rdvau caurau kruzayO rvividhAtE|
ⅩⅩⅧ tEnaiva "aparAdhijanaiH sArddhaM sa gaNitO bhaviSyati," iti zAstrOktaM vacanaM siddhamabhUta|
ⅩⅩⅨ anantaraM mArgE yE yE lOkA gamanAgamanE cakrustE sarvva Eva zirAMsyAndOlya nindantO jagaduH, rE mandiranAzaka rE dinatrayamadhyE tannirmmAyaka,
ⅩⅩⅩ adhunAtmAnam avitvA kruzAdavarOha|
ⅩⅩⅪ kinjca pradhAnayAjakA adhyApakAzca tadvat tiraskRtya parasparaM cacakSirE ESa parAnAvat kintu svamavituM na zaknOti|
ⅩⅩⅫ yadIsrAyElO rAjAbhiSiktastrAtA bhavati tarhyadhunaina kruzAdavarOhatu vayaM tad dRSTvA vizvasiSyAmaH; kinjca yau lOkau tEna sArddhaM kruzE 'vidhyEtAM tAvapi taM nirbhartsayAmAsatuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ atha dvitIyayAmAt tRtIyayAmaM yAvat sarvvO dEzaH sAndhakArObhUt|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ tatastRtIyapraharE yIzuruccairavadat ElI ElI lAmA zivaktanI arthAd "hE madIza madIza tvaM paryyatyAkSIH kutO hi mAM?"
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ tadA samIpasthalOkAnAM kEcit tadvAkyaM nizamyAcakhyuH pazyaiSa Eliyam AhUyati|
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ tata EkO janO dhAvitvAgatya spanjjE 'mlarasaM pUrayitvA taM naPAgrE nidhAya pAtuM tasmai dattvAvadat tiSTha Eliya EnamavarOhayitum Eti na vEti pazyAmi|
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ atha yIzuruccaiH samAhUya prANAn jahau|
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ tadA mandirasya javanikOrdvvAdadhaHryyantA vidIrNA dvikhaNPAbhUt|
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ kinjca itthamuccairAhUya prANAn tyajantaM taM dRSdvA tadrakSaNAya niyuktO yaH sEnApatirAsIt sOvadat narOyam Izvaraputra iti satyam|
ⅩⅬ tadAnIM magdalInI marisam kaniSThayAkUbO yOsEzca mAtAnyamariyam zAlOmI ca yAH striyO
ⅩⅬⅠ gAlIlpradEzE yIzuM sEvitvA tadanugAminyO jAtA imAstadanyAzca yA anEkA nAryO yIzunA sArddhaM yirUzAlamamAyAtAstAzca dUrAt tAni dadRzuH|
ⅩⅬⅡ athAsAdanadinasyArthAd vizrAmavArAt pUrvvadinasya sAyaMkAla Agata
ⅩⅬⅢ IzvararAjyApEkSyarimathIyayUSaphanAmA mAnyamantrI samEtya pIlAtasavidhaM nirbhayO gatvA yIzOrdEhaM yayAcE|
ⅩⅬⅣ kintu sa idAnIM mRtaH pIlAta ityasambhavaM matvA zatasEnApatimAhUya sa kadA mRta iti papraccha|
ⅩⅬⅤ zatasEmanApatimukhAt tajjnjAtvA yUSaphE yIzOrdEhaM dadau|
ⅩⅬⅥ pazcAt sa sUkSmaM vAsaH krItvA yIzOH kAyamavarOhya tEna vAsasA vESTAyitvA girau khAtazmazAnE sthApitavAn pASANaM lOThayitvA dvAri nidadhE|
ⅩⅬⅦ kintu yatra sOsthApyata tata magdalInI mariyam yOsimAtRmariyam ca dadRzatRH|