Sanskrit Bible (NT) in IAST Script (satyavedaḥ|)
romiṇaḥ 4
asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm kāyikakriyayā kiṁ labdhavān etadadhi kiṁ vadiṣyāmaḥ?
sa yadi nijakriyābhyaḥ sapuṇyo bhavet tarhi tasyātmaślāghāṁ karttuṁ panthā bhavediti satyaṁ, kintvīśvarasya samīpe nahi|
śāstre kiṁ likhati? ibrāhīm īśvare viśvasanāt sa viśvāsastasmai puṇyārthaṁ gaṇito babhūva|
karmmakāriṇo yad vetanaṁ tad anugrahasya phalaṁ nahi kintu tenopārjitaṁ mantavyam|
kintu yaḥ pāpinaṁ sapuṇyīkaroti tasmin viśvāsinaḥ karmmahīnasya janasya yo viśvāsaḥ sa puṇyārthaṁ gaṇyo bhavati|
aparaṁ yaṁ kriyāhīnam īśvaraḥ sapuṇyīkaroti tasya dhanyavādaṁ dāyūd varṇayāmāsa, yathā,
sa dhanyo'ghāni mṛṣṭāni yasyāgāṁsyāvṛtāni ca|
sa ca dhanyaḥ pareśena pāpaṁ yasya na gaṇyate|
eṣa dhanyavādastvakchedinam atvakchedinaṁ vā kaṁ prati bhavati? ibrāhīmo viśvāsaḥ puṇyārthaṁ gaṇita iti vayaṁ vadāmaḥ|
sa viśvāsastasya tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kim atvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kasmin samaye puṇyamiva gaṇitaḥ? tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ nahi kintvatvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ|
aparañca sa yat sarvveṣām atvakchedināṁ viśvāsinām ādipuruṣo bhavet, te ca puṇyavattvena gaṇyeran;
ye ca lokāḥ kevalaṁ chinnatvaco na santo 'smatpūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm achinnatvak san yena viśvāsamārgeṇa gatavān tenaiva tasya pādacihnena gacchanti teṣāṁ tvakchedināmapyādipuruṣo bhavet tadartham atvakchedino mānavasya viśvāsāt puṇyam utpadyata iti pramāṇasvarūpaṁ tvakchedacihnaṁ sa prāpnot|
ibrāhīm jagato'dhikārī bhaviṣyati yaiṣā pratijñā taṁ tasya vaṁśañca prati pūrvvam akriyata sā vyavasthāmūlikā nahi kintu viśvāsajanyapuṇyamūlikā|
yato vyavasthāvalambino yadyadhikāriṇo bhavanti tarhi viśvāso viphalo jāyate sā pratijñāpi luptaiva|
adhikantu vyavasthā kopaṁ janayati yato 'vidyamānāyāṁ vyavasthāyām ājñālaṅghanaṁ na sambhavati|
ataeva sā pratijñā yad anugrahasya phalaṁ bhavet tadarthaṁ viśvāsamūlikā yatastathātve tadvaṁśasamudāyaṁ prati arthato ye vyavasthayā tadvaṁśasambhavāḥ kevalaṁ tān prati nahi kintu ya ibrāhīmīyaviśvāsena tatsambhavāstānapi prati sā pratijñā sthāsnurbhavati|
yo nirjīvān sajīvān avidyamānāni vastūni ca vidyamānāni karoti ibrāhīmo viśvāsabhūmestasyeśvarasya sākṣāt so'smākaṁ sarvveṣām ādipuruṣa āste, yathā likhitaṁ vidyate, ahaṁ tvāṁ bahujātīnām ādipuruṣaṁ kṛtvā niyuktavān|
tvadīyastādṛśo vaṁśo janiṣyate yadidaṁ vākyaṁ pratiśrutaṁ tadanusārād ibrāhīm bahudeśīyalokānām ādipuruṣo yad bhavati tadarthaṁ so'napekṣitavyamapyapekṣamāṇo viśvāsaṁ kṛtavān|
aparañca kṣīṇaviśvāso na bhūtvā śatavatsaravayaskatvāt svaśarīrasya jarāṁ sārānāmnaḥ svabhāryyāyā rajonivṛttiñca tṛṇāya na mene|
aparam aviśvāsād īśvarasya pratijñāvacane kamapi saṁśayaṁ na cakāra;
kintvīśvareṇa yat pratiśrutaṁ tat sādhayituṁ śakyata iti niścitaṁ vijñāya dṛḍhaviśvāsaḥ san īśvarasya mahimānaṁ prakāśayāñcakāra|
iti hetostasya sa viśvāsastadīyapuṇyamiva gaṇayāñcakre|
puṇyamivāgaṇyata tat kevalasya tasya nimittaṁ likhitaṁ nahi, asmākaṁ nimittamapi,
yato'smākaṁ pāpanāśārthaṁ samarpito'smākaṁ puṇyaprāptyarthañcotthāpito'bhavat yo'smākaṁ prabhu ryīśustasyotthāpayitarīśvare
yadi vayaṁ viśvasāmastarhyasmākamapi saeva viśvāsaḥ puṇyamiva gaṇayiṣyate|
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