1 tataH paraM yIzu rgAlIl pradezIyasya tiviriyAnAmnaH sindhoH pAraM gatavAn|
2 tato vyAdhimallokasvAsthyakaraNarUpANi tasyAzcaryyANi karmmANi dRSTvA bahavo janAstatpazcAd agacchan|
3 tato yIzuH parvvatamAruhya tatra ziSyaiH sAkam|
4 tasmin samaya nistArotsavanAmni yihUdIyAnAma utsava upasthite
5 yIzu rnetre uttolya bahulokAn svasamIpAgatAn vilokya philipaM pRSTavAn eteSAM bhojanAya bhojadravyANi vayaM kutra kretuM zakrumaH?
6 vAkyamidaM tasya parIkSArtham avAdIt kintu yat kariSyati tat svayam ajAnAt|
7 philipaH pratyavocat eteSAm ekaiko yadyalpam alpaM prApnoti tarhi mudrApAdadvizatena krItapUpA api nyUnA bhaviSyanti|
8 zimon pitarasya bhrAtA AndriyAkhyaH ziSyANAmeko vyAhRtavAn
9 atra kasyacid bAlakasya samIpe paJca yAvapUpAH kSudramatsyadvayaJca santi kintu lokAnAM etAvAtAM madhye taiH kiM bhaviSyati?
10 pazcAd yIzuravadat lokAnupavezayata tatra bahuyavasasattvAt paJcasahastrebhyo nyUnA adhikA vA puruSA bhUmyAm upAvizan|
11 tato yIzustAn pUpAnAdAya Izvarasya guNAn kIrttayitvA ziSyeSu samArpayat tataste tebhya upaviSTalokebhyaH pUpAn yatheSTamatsyaJca prAduH|
12 teSu tRpteSu sa tAnavocad eteSAM kiJcidapi yathA nApacIyate tathA sarvvANyavaziSTAni saMgRhlIta|
13 tataH sarvveSAM bhojanAt paraM te teSAM paJcAnAM yAvapUpAnAM avaziSTAnyakhilAni saMgRhya dvAdazaDallakAn apUrayan|
14 aparaM yIzoretAdRzIm AzcaryyakriyAM dRSTvA lokA mitho vaktumArebhire jagati yasyAgamanaM bhaviSyati sa evAyam avazyaM bhaviSyadvakttA|