ⅠtadAnIM rAjA herod yIzo ryazaH zrutvA nijadAseyAn jagAd,
ⅡeSa majjayitA yohan, pramitebhayastasyotthAnAt tenetthamadbhutaM karmma prakAzyate|
ⅢpurA herod nijabhrAtu: philipo jAyAyA herodIyAyA anurodhAd yohanaM dhArayitvA baddhA kArAyAM sthApitavAn|
Ⅳyato yohan uktavAn, etsayAH saMgraho bhavato nocitaH|
ⅤtasmAt nRpatistaM hantumicchannapi lokebhyo vibhayAJcakAra; yataH sarvve yohanaM bhaviSyadvAdinaM menire|
Ⅵkintu herodo janmAhIyamaha upasthite herodIyAyA duhitA teSAM samakSaM nRtitvA herodamaprINyat|
ⅦtasmAt bhUpatiH zapathaM kurvvan iti pratyajJAsIt, tvayA yad yAcyate, tadevAhaM dAsyAmi|
ⅧsA kumArI svIyamAtuH zikSAM labdhA babhASe, majjayituryohana uttamAGgaM bhAjane samAnIya mahyaM vizrANaya|
Ⅸtato rAjA zuzoca, kintu bhojanAyopavizatAM saGginAM svakRtazapathasya cAnurodhAt tat pradAtuma Adideza|
ⅩpazcAt kArAM prati naraM prahitya yohana uttamAGgaM chittvA
Ⅺtat bhAjana AnAyya tasyai kumAryyai vyazrANayat, tataH sA svajananyAH samIpaM tanninAya|
ⅫpazcAt yohanaH ziSyA Agatya kAyaM nItvA zmazAne sthApayAmAsustato yIzoH sannidhiM vrajitvA tadvArttAM babhASire|
ⅩⅢanantaraM yIzuriti nizabhya nAvA nirjanasthAnam ekAkI gatavAn, pazcAt mAnavAstat zrutvA nAnAnagarebhya Agatya padaistatpazcAd IyuH|
ⅩⅣtadAnIM yIzu rbahirAgatya mahAntaM jananivahaM nirIkSya teSu kAruNikaH man teSAM pIDitajanAn nirAmayAn cakAra|
ⅩⅤtataH paraM sandhyAyAM ziSyAstadantikamAgatya kathayAJcakruH, idaM nirjanasthAnaM velApyavasannA; tasmAt manujAn svasvagrAmaM gantuM svArthaM bhakSyANi kretuJca bhavAn tAn visRjatu|
ⅩⅥkintu yIzustAnavAdIt, teSAM gamane prayojanaM nAsti, yUyameva tAn bhojayata|
ⅩⅦtadA te pratyavadan, asmAkamatra pUpapaJcakaM mInadvayaJcAste|
ⅩⅧtadAnIM tenoktaM tAni madantikamAnayata|
ⅩⅨanantaraM sa manujAn yavasoparyyupaveSTum AjJApayAmAsa; apara tat pUpapaJcakaM mInadvayaJca gRhlan svargaM prati nirIkSyezvarIyaguNAn anUdya bhaMktvA ziSyebhyo dattavAn, ziSyAzca lokebhyo daduH|
ⅩⅩtataH sarvve bhuktvA paritRptavantaH, tatastadavaziSTabhakSyaiH pUrNAn dvAdazaDalakAn gRhItavantaH|
ⅩⅪte bhoktAraH strIrbAlakAMzca vihAya prAyeNa paJca sahasrANi pumAMsa Asan|
ⅩⅫtadanantaraM yIzu rlokAnAM visarjanakAle ziSyAn taraNimAroDhuM svAgre pAraM yAtuJca gADhamAdiSTavAn|
ⅩⅩⅢtato lokeSu visRSTeSu sa vivikte prArthayituM girimekaM gatvA sandhyAM yAvat tatraikAkI sthitavAn|
ⅩⅩⅣkintu tadAnIM sammukhavAtatvAt saritpate rmadhye taraGgaistaraNirdolAyamAnAbhavat|
ⅩⅩⅤtadA sa yAminyAzcaturthaprahare padbhyAM vrajan teSAmantikaM gatavAn|
ⅩⅩⅥkintu ziSyAstaM sAgaropari vrajantaM vilokya samudvignA jagaduH, eSa bhUta iti zaGkamAnA uccaiH zabdAyAJcakrire ca|
ⅩⅩⅦtadaiva yIzustAnavadat, susthirA bhavata, mA bhaiSTa, eSo'ham|
ⅩⅩⅧtataH pitara ityuktavAn, he prabho, yadi bhavAneva, tarhi mAM bhavatsamIpaM yAtumAjJApayatu|
ⅩⅩⅨtataH tenAdiSTaH pitarastaraNito'varuhya yIzeाrantikaM prAptuM toyopari vavrAja|
ⅩⅩⅩkintu pracaNDaM pavanaM vilokya bhayAt toye maMktum Arebhe, tasmAd uccaiH zabdAyamAnaH kathitavAn, he prabho, mAmavatu|
ⅩⅩⅪyIzustatkSaNAt karaM prasAryya taM dharan uktavAn, ha stokapratyayin tvaM kutaH samazethAH?
ⅩⅩⅫanantaraM tayostaraNimArUDhayoH pavano nivavRte|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢtadAnIM ye taraNyAmAsan, ta Agatya taM praNabhya kathitavantaH, yathArthastvamevezvarasutaH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣanantaraM pAraM prApya te gineSarannAmakaM nagaramupatasthuH,
ⅩⅩⅩⅤtadA tatratyA janA yIzuM paricIya taddezsya caturdizo vArttAM prahitya yatra yAvantaH pIDitA Asan, tAvataeva tadantikamAnayAmAsuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅥaparaM tadIyavasanasya granthimAtraM spraSTuM vinIya yAvanto janAstat sparzaM cakrire, te sarvvaeva nirAmayA babhUvuH|