1 he bhrAtaraH, ahamAtmikairiva yuSmAbhiH samaM sambhASituM nAzaknavaM kintu zArIrikAcAribhiH khrISTadharmme zizutulyaizca janairiva yuSmAbhiH saha samabhASe|
2 yuSmAn kaThinabhakSyaM na bhojayan dugdham apAyayaM yato yUyaM bhakSyaM grahItuM tadA nAzaknuta idAnImapi na zaknutha, yato hetoradhunApi zArIrikAcAriNa Adhve|
3 yuSmanmadhye mAtsaryyavivAdabhedA bhavanti tataH kiM zArIrikAcAriNo nAdhve mAnuSikamArgeNa ca na caratha?
4 paulasyAhamityApallorahamiti vA yadvAkyaM yuSmAkaM kaizcit kaizcit kathyate tasmAd yUyaM zArIrikAcAriNa na bhavatha?
5 paulaH kaH? Apallo rvA kaH? tau paricArakamAtrau tayorekaikasmai ca prabhu ryAdRk phalamadadAt tadvat tayordvArA yUyaM vizvAsino jAtAH|
6 ahaM ropitavAn Apallozca niSiktavAn IzvarazcAvarddhayat|
7 ato ropayitRsektArAvasArau varddhayitezvara eva sAraH|
8 ropayitRsektArau ca samau tayorekaikazca svazramayogyaM svavetanaM lapsyate|
9 AvAmIzvareNa saha karmmakAriNau, Izvarasya yat kSetram Izvarasya yA nirmmitiH sA yUyameva|
10 Izvarasya prasAdAt mayA yat padaM labdhaM tasmAt jJAninA gRhakAriNeva mayA bhittimUlaM sthApitaM tadupari cAnyena nicIyate| kintu yena yannicIyate tat tena vivicyatAM|
11 yato yIzukhrISTarUpaM yad bhittimUlaM sthApitaM tadanyat kimapi bhittimUlaM sthApayituM kenApi na zakyate|
12 etadbhittimUlasyopari yadi kecit svarNarUpyamaNikASThatRNanalAn nicinvanti,
13 tarhyekaikasya karmma prakAziSyate yataH sa divasastat prakAzayiSyati| yato hatostana divasena vahnimayenodetavyaM tata ekaikasya karmma kIdRzametasya parIkSA bahninA bhaviSyati|
14 yasya nicayanarUpaM karmma sthAsnu bhaviSyati sa vetanaM lapsyate|
15 yasya ca karmma dhakSyate tasya kSati rbhaviSyati kintu vahne rnirgatajana iva sa svayaM paritrANaM prApsyati|
16 yUyam Izvarasya mandiraM yuSmanmadhye cezvarasyAtmA nivasatIti kiM na jAnItha?
17 Izvarasya mandiraM yena vinAzyate so'pIzvareNa vinAzayiSyate yata Izvarasya mandiraM pavitrameva yUyaM tu tanmandiram Adhve|
18 kopi svaM na vaJcayatAM| yuSmAkaM kazcana cedihalokasya jJAnena jJAnavAnahamiti budhyate tarhi sa yat jJAnI bhavet tadarthaM mUDho bhavatu|
19 yasmAdihalokasya jJAnam Izvarasya sAkSAt mUDhatvameva| etasmin likhitamapyAste, tIkSNA yA jJAninAM buddhistayA tAn dharatIzvaraH|
20 punazca| jJAninAM kalpanA vetti paramezo nirarthakAH|
21 ataeva ko'pi manujairAtmAnaM na zlAghatAM yataH sarvvANi yuSmAkameva,
22 paula vA Apallo rvA kaiphA vA jagad vA jIvanaM vA maraNaM vA varttamAnaM vA bhaviSyadvA sarvvANyeva yuSmAkaM,
23 yUyaJca khrISTasya, khrISTazcezvarasya|