Mateus 2

1 anantaraM herod saMjJake rAjJi rAjyaM zAsati yihUdIyadezasya baitlehami nagare yIzau jAtavati ca, katipayA jyotirvvudaH pUrvvasyA dizo yirUzAlamnagaraM sametya kathayamAsuH,

2 yo yihUdIyAnAM rAjA jAtavAn, sa kutrAste? vayaM pUrvvasyAM dizi tiSThantastadIyAM tArakAm apazyAma tasmAt taM praNantum aाgamAma|

3 tadA herod rAjA kathAmetAM nizamya yirUzAlamnagarasthitaiH sarvvamAnavaiH sArddham udvijya

4 sarvvAn pradhAnayAjakAn adhyApakAMzca samAhUyAnIya papraccha, khrISTaH kutra janiSyate?

5 tadA te kathayAmAsuH, yihUdIyadezasya baitlehami nagare, yato bhaviSyadvAdinA itthaM likhitamAste,

6 sarvvAbhyo rAjadhAnIbhyo yihUdIyasya nIvRtaH| he yIhUdIyadezasye baitleham tvaM na cAvarA|isrAyelIyalokAn me yato yaH pAlayiSyati| tAdRgeko mahArAjastvanmadhya udbhaviSyatI||

7 tadAnIM herod rAjA tAn jyotirvvido gopanam AhUya sA tArakA kadA dRSTAbhavat , tad vinizcayAmAsa|

8 aparaM tAn baitlehamaM prahItya gaditavAn, yUyaM yAta, yatnAt taM zizum anviSya taduddeze prApte mahyaM vArttAM dAsyatha, tato mayApi gatvA sa praNaMsyate|

9 tadAnIM rAjJa etAdRzIm AjJAM prApya te pratasthire, tataH pUrvvarsyAM dizi sthitaistai ryA tArakA dRSTA sA tArakA teSAmagre gatvA yatra sthAne zizUrAste, tasya sthAnasyopari sthagitA tasyau|

10 tad dRSTvA te mahAnanditA babhUvuH,

11 tato gehamadhya pravizya tasya mAtrA mariyamA sAddhaM taM zizuM nirIkSaya daNDavad bhUtvA praNemuH, aparaM sveSAM ghanasampattiM mocayitvA suvarNaM kunduruM gandharamaJca tasmai darzanIyaM dattavantaH|

12 pazcAd herod rAjasya samIpaM punarapi gantuM svapna IzvareNa niSiddhAH santo 'nyena pathA te nijadezaM prati pratasthire|