23 tasminnahani sidUkino.arthAt shmashAnAt notthAsyantIti vAkyaM ye vadanti, te yIsheाrantikam Agatya paprachChuH,
24 he guro, kashchinmanujashchet niHsantAnaH san prANAn tyajati, tarhi tasya bhrAtA tasya jAyAM vyuhya bhrAtuH santAnam utpAdayiShyatIti mUsA AdiShTavAn|
25 kintvasmAkamatra ke.api janAH saptasahodarA Asan, teShAM jyeShTha ekAM kanyAM vyavahAt, aparaM prANatyAgakAle svayaM niHsantAnaH san tAM striyaM svabhrAtari samarpitavAn,
26 tato dvitIyAdisaptamAntAshcha tathaiva chakruH|
27 sheShe sApI nArI mamAra|
28 mR^itAnAm utthAnasamaye teShAM saptAnAM madhye sA nArI kasya bhAryyA bhaviShyati? yasmAt sarvvaeva tAM vyavahan|
29 tato yIshuH pratyavAdIt, yUyaM dharmmapustakam IshvarIyAM shakti ncha na vij nAya bhrAntimantaH|
30 utthAnaprAptA lokA na vivahanti, na cha vAchA dIyante, kintvIshvarasya svargasthadUtAnAM sadR^ishA bhavanti|
31 aparaM mR^itAnAmutthAnamadhi yuShmAn pratIyamIshvaroktiH,
32 "ahamibrAhIma Ishvara ishAka Ishvaro yAkUba Ishvara" iti kiM yuShmAbhi rnApAThi? kintvIshvaro jIvatAm Ishvara:, sa mR^itAnAmIshvaro nahi|
33 iti shrutvA sarvve lokAstasyopadeshAd vismayaM gatAH|