Atos 3

1 tRtIyayAmavelAyAM satyAM prArthanAyAH samaye pitarayohanau sambhUya mandiraM gacchataH|

2 tasminneva samaye mandirapravezakAnAM samIpe bhikSAraNArthaM yaM janmakhaJjamAnuSaM lokA mandirasya sundaranAmni dvAre pratidinam asthApayan taM vahantastadvAraM Anayan|

3 tadA pitarayohanau mantiraM praveSTum udyatau vilokya sa khaJjastau kiJcid bhikSitavAn|

4 tasmAd yohanA sahitaH pitarastam ananyadRSTyA nirIkSya proktavAn AvAM prati dRSTiM kuru|

5 tataH sa kiJcit prAptyAzayA tau prati dRSTiM kRtavAn|

6 tadA pitaro gaditavAn mama nikaTe svarNarUpyAdi kimapi nAsti kintu yadAste tad dadAmi nAsaratIyasya yIzukhrISTasya nAmnA tvamutthAya gamanAgamane kuru|

7 tataH paraM sa tasya dakSiNakaraM dhRtvA tam udatolayat; tena tatkSaNAt tasya janasya pAdagulphayoH sabalatvAt sa ullamphya protthAya gamanAgamane 'karot|

8 tato gamanAgamane kurvvan ullamphan IzvaraM dhanyaM vadan tAbhyAM sArddhaM mandiraM prAvizat|

9 tataH sarvve lokAstaM gamanAgamane kurvvantam IzvaraM dhanyaM vadantaJca vilokya

10 mandirasya sundare dvAre ya upavizya bhikSitavAn saevAyam iti jJAtvA taM prati tayA ghaTanayA camatkRtA vismayApannAzcAbhavan|