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aparaM yirUzAlamnagarIyAH katipayA adhyApakAH phirUzinazca yIzOH samIpamAgatya kathayAmAsuH, 
tava ziSyAH kimartham aprakSAlitakarai rbhakSitvA paramparAgataM prAcInAnAM vyavahAraM lagvantE? 
tatO yIzuH pratyuvAca, yUyaM paramparAgatAcArENa kuta IzvarAjnjAM lagvadhvE| 
Izvara ityAjnjApayat, tvaM nijapitarau saMmanyEthAH, yEna ca nijapitarau nindyEtE, sa nizcitaM mriyEta; 
kintu yUyaM vadatha, yaH svajanakaM svajananIM vA vAkyamidaM vadati, yuvAM mattO yallabhEthE, tat nyavidyata, 
sa nijapitarau puna rna saMmaMsyatE| itthaM yUyaM paramparAgatEna svESAmAcArENEzvarIyAjnjAM lumpatha| 
rE kapaTinaH sarvvE yizayiyO yuSmAnadhi bhaviSyadvacanAnyEtAni samyag uktavAn| 
vadanai rmanujA EtE samAyAnti madantikaM| tathAdharai rmadIyanjca mAnaM kurvvanti tE narAH| 
kintu tESAM manO mattO vidUraEva tiSThati| zikSayantO vidhIn nrAjnjA bhajantE mAM mudhaiva tE| 
tatO yIzu rlOkAn AhUya prOktavAn, yUyaM zrutvA budhyadhbaM| 
yanmukhaM pravizati, tat manujam amEdhyaM na karOti, kintu yadAsyAt nirgacchati, tadEva mAnuSamamEdhyI karOtI| 
tadAnIM ziSyA Agatya tasmai kathayAnjcakruH, EtAM kathAM zrutvA phirUzinO vyarajyanta, tat kiM bhavatA jnjAyatE? 
sa pratyavadat, mama svargasthaH pitA yaM kanjcidagkuraM nArOpayat, sa utpAvdyatE| 
tE tiSThantu, tE andhamanujAnAm andhamArgadarzakA Eva; yadyandhO'ndhaM panthAnaM darzayati, tarhyubhau garttE patataH| 
tadA pitarastaM pratyavadat, dRSTAntamimamasmAn bOdhayatu| 
yIzunA prOktaM, yUyamadya yAvat kimabOdhAH stha? 
kathAmimAM kiM na budhyadhbE ? yadAsyaM prEvizati, tad udarE patan bahirniryAti, 
kintvAsyAd yanniryAti, tad antaHkaraNAt niryAtatvAt manujamamEdhyaM karOti| 
yatO'ntaHkaraNAt kucintA badhaH pAradArikatA vEzyAgamanaM cairyyaM mithyAsAkSyam IzvaranindA caitAni sarvvANi niryyAnti| 
EtAni manuSyamapavitrI kurvvanti kintvaprakSAlitakarENa bhOjanaM manujamamEdhyaM na karOti| 
anantaraM yIzustasmAt sthAnAt prasthAya sOrasIdOnnagarayOH sImAmupatasyau| 
tadA tatsImAtaH kAcit kinAnIyA yOSid Agatya tamuccairuvAca, hE prabhO dAyUdaH santAna, mamaikA duhitAstE sA bhUtagrastA satI mahAklEzaM prApnOti mama dayasva| 
kintu yIzustAM kimapi nOktavAn, tataH ziSyA Agatya taM nivEdayAmAsuH, ESA yOSid asmAkaM pazcAd uccairAhUyAgacchati, EnAM visRjatu| 
tadA sa pratyavadat, isrAyElgOtrasya hAritamESAn vinA kasyApyanyasya samIpaM nAhaM prESitOsmi| 
tataH sA nArIsamAgatya taM praNamya jagAda, hE prabhO mAmupakuru| 
sa uktavAn, bAlakAnAM bhakSyamAdAya sAramEyEbhyO dAnaM nOcitaM| 
tadA sA babhASE, hE prabhO, tat satyaM, tathApi prabhO rbhanjcAd yaducchiSTaM patati, tat sAramEyAH khAdanti| 
tatO yIzuH pratyavadat, hE yOSit, tava vizvAsO mahAn tasmAt tava manObhilaSitaM sidyyatu, tEna tasyAH kanyA tasminnEva daNPE nirAmayAbhavat| 
anantaraM yIzastasmAt sthAnAt prasthAya gAlIlsAgarasya sannidhimAgatya dharAdharamAruhya tatrOpavivEza| 
pazcAt jananivahO bahUn khanjcAndhamUkazuSkakaramAnuSAn AdAya yIzOH samIpamAgatya taccaraNAntikE sthApayAmAsuH, tataH sA tAn nirAmayAn akarOt| 
itthaM mUkA vAkyaM vadanti, zuSkakarAH svAsthyamAyAnti, paggavO gacchanti, andhA vIkSantE, iti vilOkya lOkA vismayaM manyamAnA isrAyEla IzvaraM dhanyaM babhASirE| 
tadAnIM yIzuH svaziSyAn AhUya gaditavAn, EtajjananivahESu mama dayA jAyatE, EtE dinatrayaM mayA sAkaM santi, ESAM bhakSyavastu ca kanjcidapi nAsti, tasmAdahamEtAnakRtAhArAn na visrakSyAmi, tathAtvE vartmamadhyE klAmyESuH| 
tadA ziSyA UcuH, Etasmin prAntaramadhya EtAvatO martyAn tarpayituM vayaM kutra pUpAn prApsyAmaH? 
yIzurapRcchat, yuSmAkaM nikaTE kati pUpA AsatE? ta UcuH, saptapUpA alpAH kSudramInAzca santi| 
tadAnIM sa lOkanivahaM bhUmAvupavESTum Adizya 
tAn saptapUpAn mInAMzca gRhlan IzvarIyaguNAn anUdya bhaMktvA ziSyEbhyO dadau, ziSyA lOkEbhyO daduH| 
tataH sarvvE bhuktvA tRptavantaH; tadavaziSTabhakSyENa saptaPalakAn paripUryya saMjagRhuH| 
tE bhOktArO yOSitO bAlakAMzca vihAya prAyENa catuHsahasrANi puruSA Asan| 
tataH paraM sa jananivahaM visRjya tarimAruhya magdalApradEzaM gatavAn| 
