aparaJca yihUdinaH kiM zreSThatvaM? tathA tvakchedasya vA kiM phalaM?
sarvvathA bahUni phalAni santi, vizeSata Izvarasya zAstraM tebhyo'dIyata|
kaizcid avizvasane kRte teSAm avizvasanAt kim Izvarasya vizvAsyatAyA hAnirutpatsyate?
kenApi prakAreNa nahi| yadyapi sarvve manuSyA mithyAvAdinastathApIzvaraH satyavAdI| zAstre yathA likhitamAste, atastvantu svavAkyena nirddoSo hi bhaviSyasi| vicAre caiva niSpApo bhaviSyasi na saMzayaH|
asmAkam anyAyena yadIzvarasya nyAyaH prakAzate tarhi kiM vadiSyAmaH? ahaM mAnuSANAM kathAmiva kathAM kathayAmi, IzvaraH samucitaM daNDaM dattvA kim anyAyI bhaviSyati?
itthaM na bhavatu, tathA satIzvaraH kathaM jagato vicArayitA bhaviSyati?
mama mithyAvAkyavadanAd yadIzvarasya satyatvena tasya mahimA varddhate tarhi kasmAdahaM vicAre'parAdhitvena gaNyo bhavAmi?
maGgalArthaM pApamapi karaNIyamiti vAkyaM tvayA kuto nocyate? kintu yairucyate te nitAntaM daNDasya pAtrANi bhavanti; tathApi tadvAkyam asmAbhirapyucyata ityasmAkaM glAniM kurvvantaH kiyanto lokA vadanti|
anyalokebhyo vayaM kiM zreSThAH? kadAcana nahi yato yihUdino 'nyadezinazca sarvvaeva pApasyAyattA ityasya pramANaM vayaM pUrvvam adadAma|
lipi ryathAste, naikopi dhArmmiko janaH|
tathA jJAnIzvarajJAnI mAnavaH kopi nAsti hi|
vimArgagAminaH sarvve sarvve duSkarmmakAriNaH| eko janopi no teSAM sAdhukarmma karoti ca|
ⅩⅢtathA teSAntu vai kaNThA anAvRtazmazAnavat| stutivAdaM prakurvvanti jihvAbhiste tu kevalaM| teSAmoSThasya nimne tu viSaM tiSThati sarppavat|
ⅩⅣmukhaM teSAM hi zApena kapaTena ca pUryyate|
ⅩⅤraktapAtAya teSAM tu padAni kSipragAni ca|
ⅩⅥpathi teSAM manuSyANAM nAzaH klezazca kevalaH|
ⅩⅦte janA nahi jAnanti panthAnaM sukhadAyinaM|
ⅩⅧparamezAd bhayaM yattat taccakSuSoragocaraM|
ⅩⅨvyavasthAyAM yadyallikhati tad vyavasthAdhInAn lokAn uddizya likhatIti vayaM jAnImaH| tato manuSyamAtro niruttaraH san Izvarasya sAkSAd aparAdhI bhavati|
ⅩⅩataeva vyavasthAnurUpaiH karmmabhiH kazcidapi prANIzvarasya sAkSAt sapuNyIkRto bhavituM na zakSyati yato vyavasthayA pApajJAnamAtraM jAyate|
ⅩⅪkintu vyavasthAyAH pRthag IzvareNa deyaM yat puNyaM tad vyavasthAyA bhaviSyadvAdigaNasya ca vacanaiH pramANIkRtaM sad idAnIM prakAzate|
ⅩⅫyIzukhrISTe vizvAsakaraNAd IzvareNa dattaM tat puNyaM sakaleSu prakAzitaM sat sarvvAn vizvAsinaH prati varttate|
ⅩⅩⅢteSAM kopi prabhedo nAsti, yataH sarvvaeva pApina IzvarIyatejohInAzca jAtAH|
ⅩⅩⅣta IzvarasyAnugrahAd mUlyaM vinA khrISTakRtena paritrANena sapuNyIkRtA bhavanti|
ⅩⅩⅤyasmAt svazoNitena vizvAsAt pApanAzako balI bhavituM sa eva pUrvvam IzvareNa nizcitaH, ittham IzvarIyasahiSNutvAt purAkRtapApAnAM mArjjanakaraNe svIyayAthArthyaM tena prakAzyate,
ⅩⅩⅥvarttamAnakAlIyamapi svayAthArthyaM tena prakAzyate, aparaM yIzau vizvAsinaM sapuNyIkurvvannapi sa yAthArthikastiSThati|
ⅩⅩⅦtarhi kutrAtmazlAghA? sA dUrIkRtA; kayA vyavasthayA? kiM kriyArUpavyavasthayA? itthaM nahi kintu tat kevalavizvAsarUpayA vyavasthayaiva bhavati|
ⅩⅩⅧataeva vyavasthAnurUpAH kriyA vinA kevalena vizvAsena mAnavaH sapuNyIkRto bhavituM zaknotItyasya rAddhAntaM darzayAmaH|
ⅩⅩⅨsa kiM kevalayihUdinAm Izvaro bhavati? bhinnadezinAm Izvaro na bhavati? bhinnadezinAmapi bhavati;
ⅩⅩⅩyasmAd eka Izvaro vizvAsAt tvakchedino vizvAsenAtvakchedinazca sapuNyIkariSyati|
ⅩⅩⅪtarhi vizvAsena vayaM kiM vyavasthAM lumpAma? itthaM na bhavatu vayaM vyavasthAM saMsthApayAma eva|