João 21

1 tataH paraM tibiriyAjaladhEstaTE yIzuH punarapi ziSyEbhyO darzanaM dattavAn darzanasyAkhyAnamidam|

2 zimOnpitaraH yamajathOmA gAlIlIyakAnnAnagaranivAsI nithanEl sivadEH putrAvanyau dvau ziSyau caitESvEkatra militESu zimOnpitarO’kathayat matsyAn dhartuM yAmi|

3 tatastE vyAharan tarhi vayamapi tvayA sArddhaM yAmaH tadA tE bahirgatAH santaH kSipraM nAvam ArOhan kintu tasyAM rajanyAm Ekamapi na prApnuvan|

4 prabhAtE sati yIzustaTE sthitavAn kintu sa yIzuriti ziSyA jnjAtuM nAzaknuvan|

5 tadA yIzurapRcchat, hE vatsA sannidhau kinjcit khAdyadravyam AstE? tE’vadan kimapi nAsti|

6 tadA sO’vadat naukAyA dakSiNapArzvE jAlaM nikSipata tatO lapsyadhvE, tasmAt tai rnikSiptE jAlE matsyA EtAvantO’patan yEna tE jAlamAkRSya nOttOlayituM zaktAH|

7 tasmAd yIzOH priyatamaziSyaH pitarAyAkathayat ESa prabhu rbhavEt, ESa prabhuriti vAcaM zrutvaiva zimOn nagnatAhEtO rmatsyadhAriNa uttarIyavastraM paridhAya hradaM pratyudalamphayat|

8 aparE ziSyA matsyaiH sArddhaM jAlam AkarSantaH kSudranaukAM vAhayitvA kUlamAnayan tE kUlAd atidUrE nAsan dvizatahastEbhyO dUra Asan ityanumIyatE|

9 tIraM prAptaistaistatra prajvalitAgnistadupari matsyAH pUpAzca dRSTAH|

10 tatO yIzurakathayad yAn matsyAn adharata tESAM katipayAn Anayata|

11 ataH zimOnpitaraH parAvRtya gatvA bRhadbhistripanjcAzadadhikazatamatsyaiH paripUrNaM tajjAlam AkRSyOdatOlayat kintvEtAvadbhi rmatsyairapi jAlaM nAchidyata|