9 tIraM prAptaistaistatra prajvalitAgnistadupari matsyAH pUpAzca dRSTAH|
15 bhOjanE samAptE sati yIzuH zimOnpitaraM pRSTavAn, hE yUnasaH putra zimOn tvaM kim EtEbhyOdhikaM mayi prIyasE? tataH sa uditavAn satyaM prabhO tvayi prIyE’haM tad bhavAn jAnAti; tadA yIzurakathayat tarhi mama mESazAvakagaNaM pAlaya|
16 tataH sa dvitIyavAraM pRSTavAn hE yUnasaH putra zimOn tvaM kiM mayi prIyasE? tataH sa uktavAn satyaM prabhO tvayi prIyE’haM tad bhavAn jAnAti; tadA yIzurakathayata tarhi mama mESagaNaM pAlaya|
17 pazcAt sa tRtIyavAraM pRSTavAn, hE yUnasaH putra zimOn tvaM kiM mayi prIyasE? EtadvAkyaM tRtIyavAraM pRSTavAn tasmAt pitarO duHkhitO bhUtvA’kathayat hE prabhO bhavataH kimapyagOcaraM nAsti tvayyahaM prIyE tad bhavAn jAnAti; tatO yIzuravadat tarhi mama mESagaNaM pAlaya|
18 ahaM tubhyaM yathArthaM kathayAmi yauvanakAlE svayaM baddhakaTi ryatrEcchA tatra yAtavAn kintvitaH paraM vRddhE vayasi hastaM vistArayiSyasi, anyajanastvAM baddhvA yatra gantuM tavEcchA na bhavati tvAM dhRtvA tatra nESyati|
19 phalataH kIdRzEna maraNEna sa Izvarasya mahimAnaM prakAzayiSyati tad bOdhayituM sa iti vAkyaM prOktavAn| ityuktE sati sa tamavOcat mama pazcAd Agaccha|