18 aparaM tEnaitatkathAkathanakAlE EkO’dhipatistaM praNamya babhASE, mama duhitA prAyENaitAvatkAlE mRtA, tasmAd bhavAnAgatya tasyA gAtrE hastamarpayatu, tEna sA jIviSyati|
19 tadAnIM yIzuH ziSyaiH sAkam utthAya tasya pazcAd vavrAja|
20 ityanantarE dvAdazavatsarAn yAvat pradarAmayEna zIrNaikA nArI tasya pazcAd Agatya tasya vasanasya granthiM pasparza;
21 yasmAt mayA kEvalaM tasya vasanaM spRSTvA svAsthyaM prApsyatE, sA nArIti manasi nizcitavatI|
22 tatO yIzurvadanaM parAvarttya tAM jagAda, hE kanyE, tvaM susthirA bhava, tava vizvAsastvAM svasthAmakArSIt| EtadvAkyE gaditaEva sA yOSit svasthAbhUt|
23 aparaM yIzustasyAdhyakSasya gEhaM gatvA vAdakaprabhRtIn bahUn lOkAn zabdAyamAnAn vilOkya tAn avadat,
24 panthAnaM tyaja, kanyEyaM nAmriyata nidritAstE; kathAmEtAM zrutvA tE tamupajahasuH|
25 kintu sarvvESu bahiSkRtESu sO’bhyantaraM gatvA kanyAyAH karaM dhRtavAn, tEna sOdatiSThat;
26 tatastatkarmmaNO yazaH kRtsnaM taM dEzaM vyAptavat|