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Ⅰ tadAnIM rAjA herod yIzo ryazaH zrutvA nijadAseyAn jagAd,
Ⅱ eSa majjayitA yohan, pramitebhayastasyotthAnAt tenetthamadbhutaM karmma prakAzyate|
Ⅲ purA herod nijabhrAtu: philipo jAyAyA herodIyAyA anurodhAd yohanaM dhArayitvA baddhA kArAyAM sthApitavAn|
Ⅳ yato yohan uktavAn, etsayAH saMgraho bhavato nocitaH|
Ⅴ tasmAt nRpatistaM hantumicchannapi lokebhyo vibhayAJcakAra; yataH sarvve yohanaM bhaviSyadvAdinaM menire|
Ⅵ kintu herodo janmAhIyamaha upasthite herodIyAyA duhitA teSAM samakSaM nRtitvA herodamaprINyat|
Ⅶ tasmAt bhUpatiH zapathaM kurvvan iti pratyajJAsIt, tvayA yad yAcyate, tadevAhaM dAsyAmi|
Ⅷ sA kumArI svIyamAtuH zikSAM labdhA babhASe, majjayituryohana uttamAGgaM bhAjane samAnIya mahyaM vizrANaya|
Ⅸ tato rAjA zuzoca, kintu bhojanAyopavizatAM saGginAM svakRtazapathasya cAnurodhAt tat pradAtuma Adideza|
Ⅹ pazcAt kArAM prati naraM prahitya yohana uttamAGgaM chittvA
Ⅺ tat bhAjana AnAyya tasyai kumAryyai vyazrANayat, tataH sA svajananyAH samIpaM tanninAya|
Ⅻ pazcAt yohanaH ziSyA Agatya kAyaM nItvA zmazAne sthApayAmAsustato yIzoH sannidhiM vrajitvA tadvArttAM babhASire|
ⅩⅢ anantaraM yIzuriti nizabhya nAvA nirjanasthAnam ekAkI gatavAn, pazcAt mAnavAstat zrutvA nAnAnagarebhya Agatya padaistatpazcAd IyuH|
ⅩⅣ tadAnIM yIzu rbahirAgatya mahAntaM jananivahaM nirIkSya teSu kAruNikaH man teSAM pIDitajanAn nirAmayAn cakAra|
ⅩⅤ tataH paraM sandhyAyAM ziSyAstadantikamAgatya kathayAJcakruH, idaM nirjanasthAnaM velApyavasannA; tasmAt manujAn svasvagrAmaM gantuM svArthaM bhakSyANi kretuJca bhavAn tAn visRjatu|
ⅩⅥ kintu yIzustAnavAdIt, teSAM gamane prayojanaM nAsti, yUyameva tAn bhojayata|
ⅩⅦ tadA te pratyavadan, asmAkamatra pUpapaJcakaM mInadvayaJcAste|
ⅩⅧ tadAnIM tenoktaM tAni madantikamAnayata|
ⅩⅨ anantaraM sa manujAn yavasoparyyupaveSTum AjJApayAmAsa; apara tat pUpapaJcakaM mInadvayaJca gRhlan svargaM prati nirIkSyezvarIyaguNAn anUdya bhaMktvA ziSyebhyo dattavAn, ziSyAzca lokebhyo daduH|
ⅩⅩ tataH sarvve bhuktvA paritRptavantaH, tatastadavaziSTabhakSyaiH pUrNAn dvAdazaDalakAn gRhItavantaH|
ⅩⅪ te bhoktAraH strIrbAlakAMzca vihAya prAyeNa paJca sahasrANi pumAMsa Asan|
ⅩⅫ tadanantaraM yIzu rlokAnAM visarjanakAle ziSyAn taraNimAroDhuM svAgre pAraM yAtuJca gADhamAdiSTavAn|
ⅩⅩⅢ tato lokeSu visRSTeSu sa vivikte prArthayituM girimekaM gatvA sandhyAM yAvat tatraikAkI sthitavAn|
ⅩⅩⅣ kintu tadAnIM sammukhavAtatvAt saritpate rmadhye taraGgaistaraNirdolAyamAnAbhavat|
ⅩⅩⅤ tadA sa yAminyAzcaturthaprahare padbhyAM vrajan teSAmantikaM gatavAn|
ⅩⅩⅥ kintu ziSyAstaM sAgaropari vrajantaM vilokya samudvignA jagaduH, eSa bhUta iti zaGkamAnA uccaiH zabdAyAJcakrire ca|
ⅩⅩⅦ tadaiva yIzustAnavadat, susthirA bhavata, mA bhaiSTa, eSo'ham|
ⅩⅩⅧ tataH pitara ityuktavAn, he prabho, yadi bhavAneva, tarhi mAM bhavatsamIpaM yAtumAjJApayatu|
ⅩⅩⅨ tataH tenAdiSTaH pitarastaraNito'varuhya yIzeाrantikaM prAptuM toyopari vavrAja|
ⅩⅩⅩ kintu pracaNDaM pavanaM vilokya bhayAt toye maMktum Arebhe, tasmAd uccaiH zabdAyamAnaH kathitavAn, he prabho, mAmavatu|
ⅩⅩⅪ yIzustatkSaNAt karaM prasAryya taM dharan uktavAn, ha stokapratyayin tvaM kutaH samazethAH?
ⅩⅩⅫ anantaraM tayostaraNimArUDhayoH pavano nivavRte|
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ tadAnIM ye taraNyAmAsan, ta Agatya taM praNabhya kathitavantaH, yathArthastvamevezvarasutaH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ anantaraM pAraM prApya te gineSarannAmakaM nagaramupatasthuH,
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ tadA tatratyA janA yIzuM paricIya taddezsya caturdizo vArttAM prahitya yatra yAvantaH pIDitA Asan, tAvataeva tadantikamAnayAmAsuH|
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ aparaM tadIyavasanasya granthimAtraM spraSTuM vinIya yAvanto janAstat sparzaM cakrire, te sarvvaeva nirAmayA babhUvuH|