Romans 13

1 yuSmAkam EkaikajanaH zAsanapadasya nighnO bhavatu yatO yAni zAsanapadAni santi tAni sarvvANIzvarENa sthApitAni; IzvaraM vinA padasthApanaM na bhavati|

2 iti hEtOH zAsanapadasya yat prAtikUlyaM tad IzvarIyanirUpaNasya prAtikUlyamEva; aparaM yE prAtikUlyam Acaranti tE svESAM samucitaM daNPaM svayamEva ghaTayantE|

3 zAstA sadAcAriNAM bhayapradO nahi durAcAriNAmEva bhayapradO bhavati; tvaM kiM tasmAn nirbhayO bhavitum icchasi? tarhi satkarmmAcara, tasmAd yazO lapsyasE,

4 yatastava sadAcaraNAya sa Izvarasya bhRtyO’sti| kintu yadi kukarmmAcarasi tarhi tvaM zagkasva yataH sa nirarthakaM khaggaM na dhArayati; kukarmmAcAriNaM samucitaM daNPayitum sa Izvarasya daNPadabhRtya Eva|

5 ataEva kEvaladaNPabhayAnnahi kintu sadasadbOdhAdapi tasya vazyEna bhavitavyaM|

6 EtasmAd yuSmAkaM rAjakaradAnamapyucitaM yasmAd yE karaM gRhlanti ta Izvarasya kigkarA bhUtvA satatam Etasmin karmmaNi niviSTAstiSThanti|

7 asmAt karagrAhiNE karaM datta, tathA zulkagrAhiNE zulkaM datta, aparaM yasmAd bhEtavyaM tasmAd bibhIta, yazca samAdaraNIyastaM samAdriyadhvam; itthaM yasya yat prApyaM tat tasmai datta|