1 he bhrAtaro yuSmatsamIpe mamAgamanakAle'haM vaktRtAyA vidyAyA vA naipuNyenezvarasya sAkSyaM pracAritavAn tannahi;

2 yato yIzukhrISTaM tasya kruze hatatvaJca vinA nAnyat kimapi yuSmanmadhye jJApayituM vihitaM buddhavAn|

3 aparaJcAtIva daurbbalyabhItikampayukto yuSmAbhiH sArddhamAsaM|

4 aparaM yuSmAkaM vizvAso yat mAnuSikajJAnasya phalaM na bhavet kintvIzvarIyazakteH phalaM bhavet,

5 tadarthaM mama vaktRtA madIyapracArazca mAnuSikajJAnasya madhuravAkyasambalitau nAstAM kintvAtmanaH zaktezca pramANayuktAvAstAM|

6 vayaM jJAnaM bhASAmahe tacca siddhalokai rjJAnamiva manyate, tadihalokasya jJAnaM nahi, ihalokasya nazvarANAm adhipatInAM vA jJAnaM nahi;

7 kintu kAlAvasthAyAH pUrvvasmAd yat jJAnam asmAkaM vibhavArtham IzvareNa nizcitya pracchannaM tannigUDham IzvarIyajJAnaM prabhASAmahe|

8 ihalokasyAdhipatInAM kenApi tat jJAnaM na labdhaM, labdhe sati te prabhAvaviziSTaM prabhuM kruze nAhaniSyan|

9 tadvallikhitamAste, netreNa kkApi no dRSTaM karNenApi ca na zrutaM| manomadhye tu kasyApi na praviSTaM kadApi yat|Izvare prIyamANAnAM kRte tat tena saJcitaM|

10 aparamIzvaraH svAtmanA tadasmAkaM sAkSAt prAkAzayat; yata AtmA sarvvamevAnusandhatte tena cezvarasya marmmatattvamapi budhyate|

11 manujasyAntaHsthamAtmAnaM vinA kena manujena tasya manujasya tattvaM budhyate? tadvadIzvarasyAtmAnaM vinA kenApIzvarasya tattvaM na budhyate|

12 vayaJcehalokasyAtmAnaM labdhavantastannahi kintvIzvarasyaivAtmAnaM labdhavantaH, tato hetorIzvareNa svaprasAdAd asmabhyaM yad yad dattaM tatsarvvam asmAbhi rjJAtuM zakyate|

13 taccAsmAbhi rmAnuSikajJAnasya vAkyAni zikSitvA kathyata iti nahi kintvAtmato vAkyAni zikSitvAtmikai rvAkyairAtmikaM bhAvaM prakAzayadbhiH kathyate|

14 prANI manuSya IzvarIyAtmanaH zikSAM na gRhlAti yata AtmikavicAreNa sA vicAryyeti hetoH sa tAM pralApamiva manyate boddhuJca na zaknoti|

15 Atmiko mAnavaH sarvvANi vicArayati kintu svayaM kenApi na vicAryyate|

16 yata Izvarasya mano jJAtvA tamupadeSTuM kaH zaknoti? kintu khrISTasya mano'smAbhi rlabdhaM|