प्रकाशितवाक्य 13 - satyavedaḥ| Sanskrit Bible (NT) in IAST Script

¹ tataḥ paramahaṁ sāgarīyasikatāyāṁ tiṣṭhan sāgarād udgacchantam ekaṁ paśuṁ dṛṣṭavān tasya daśa śṛṅgāṇi sapta śirāṁsi ca daśa śṛṅgeṣu daśa kirīṭāni śiraḥsu ceśvaranindāsūcakāni nāmāni vidyante|

² mayā dṛṣṭaḥ sa paśuścitravyāghrasadṛśaḥ kintu tasya caraṇau bhallūkasyeva vadanañca siṁhavadanamiva| nāgane tasmai svīyaparākramaḥ svīyaṁ siṁhāsanaṁ mahādhipatyañcādāyi|

³ mayi nirīkṣamāṇe tasya śirasām ekam antakāghātena cheditamivādṛśyata, kintu tasyāntakakṣatasya pratīkāro 'kriyata tataḥ kṛtsno naralokastaṁ paśumadhi camatkāraṁ gataḥ,

⁴ yaśca nāgastasmai paśave sāmarthyaṁ dattavān sarvve taṁ prāṇaman paśumapi praṇamanto 'kathayan, ko vidyate paśostulyastena ko yoddhumarhati|

⁵ anantaraṁ tasmai darpavākyeśvaranindāvādi vadanaṁ dvicatvāriṁśanmāsān yāvad avasthiteḥ sāmarthyañcādāyi|

⁶ tataḥ sa īśvaranindanārthaṁ mukhaṁ vyādāya tasya nāma tasyāvāsaṁ svarganivāsinaśca ninditum ārabhata|

⁷ aparaṁ dhārmmikaiḥ saha yodhanasya teṣāṁ parājayasya cānumatiḥ sarvvajātīyānāṁ sarvvavaṁśīyānāṁ sarvvabhāṣāvādināṁ sarvvadeśīyānāñcādhipatyamapi tasmā adāyi|

⁸ tato jagataḥ sṛṣṭikālāt cheditasya meṣavatsasya jīvanapustake yāvatāṁ nāmāni likhitāni na vidyante te pṛthivīnivāsinaḥ sarvve taṁ paśuṁ praṇaṁsyanti|

⁹ yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa śṛṇotu|

¹⁰ yo jano 'parān vandīkṛtya nayati sa svayaṁ vandībhūya sthānāntaraṁ gamiṣyati, yaśca khaṅgena hanti sa svayaṁ khaṅgena ghāniṣyate| atra pavitralokānāṁ sahiṣṇutayā viśvāsena ca prakāśitavyaṁ|

¹¹ anantaraṁ pṛthivīta udgacchan apara ekaḥ paśu rmayā dṛṣṭaḥ sa meṣaśāvakavat śṛṅgadvayaviśiṣṭa āsīt nāgavaccābhāṣata|

¹² sa prathamapaśorantike tasya sarvvaṁ parākramaṁ vyavaharati viśeṣato yasya prathamapaśorantikakṣataṁ pratīkāraṁ gataṁ tasya pūjāṁ pṛthivīṁ tannivāsinaśca kārayati|

¹³ aparaṁ mānavānāṁ sākṣād ākāśato bhuvi vahnivarṣaṇādīni mahācitrāṇi karoti|

¹⁴ tasya paśoḥ sākṣād yeṣāṁ citrakarmmaṇāṁ sādhanāya sāmarthyaṁ tasmai dattaṁ taiḥ sa pṛthivīnivāsino bhrāmayati, viśeṣato yaḥ paśuḥ khaṅgena kṣatayukto bhūtvāpyajīvat tasya pratimānirmmāṇaṁ pṛthivīnivāsina ādiśati|

¹⁵ aparaṁ tasya paśoḥ pratimā yathā bhāṣate yāvantaśca mānavāstāṁ paśupratimāṁ na pūjayanti te yathā hanyante tathā paśupratimāyāḥ prāṇapratiṣṭhārthaṁ sāmarthyaṁ tasmā adāyi|

¹⁶ aparaṁ kṣudramahaddhanidaridramuktadāsān sarvvān dakṣiṇakare bhāle vā kalaṅkaṁ grāhayati|

¹⁷ tasmād ye taṁ kalaṅkamarthataḥ paśo rnāma tasya nāmnaḥ saṁkhyāṅkaṁ vā dhārayanti tān vinā pareṇa kenāpi krayavikraye karttuṁ na śakyete|

¹⁸ atra jñānena prakāśitavyaṁ| yo buddhiviśiṣṭaḥ sa paśoḥ saṁkhyāṁ gaṇayatu yataḥ sā mānavasya saṁkhyā bhavati| sā ca saṁkhyā ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaṣaṭśatāni|