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2 Corinthians 3 २ करिन्थिनः पत्रं 3
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वयंva·yaṃ किम्kim आत्मप्रशंसनंāt·map·ra·śaṃ·sa·naṃ पुनरारभामहेpu·na·rā·ra·bhā·ma·he? युष्मान्yuṣ·mān प्रतिpra·ti युष्मत्तोyuṣ·mat·to वाvā परेषांpa·re·ṣāṃ केषाञ्चिद्ke·ṣāñ·cid इवास्माकमपिi·vās·mā·ka·ma·pi किंkiṃ प्रशंसापत्रेषुpra·śaṃ·sā·pat·re·ṣu प्रयोजनम्pra·yo·ja·nam आस्तेās·te?
vayaṁ kim ātmapraśaṁsanaṁ punarārabhāmahe? yuṣmān prati yuṣmatto vā pareṣāṁ keṣāñcid ivāsmākamapi kiṁ praśaṁsāpatreṣu prayojanam āste?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
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यूयमेवास्माकंyū·ya·me·vās·mā·kaṃ प्रशंसापत्रंpra·śaṃ·sā·pat·raṃ तच्चास्माकम्tac·cās·mā·kam अन्तःकरणेषुan·taḥ·ka·ra·ṇe·ṣu लिखितंli·khi·taṃ सर्व्वमानवैश्चsar·va·mā·na·vaiś·ca ज्ञेयंjñe·yaṃ पठनीयञ्चpa·ṭha·nī·yañ·ca।
yūyamevāsmākaṁ praśaṁsāpatraṁ taccāsmākam antaḥkaraṇeṣu likhitaṁ sarvvamānavaiśca jñeyaṁ paṭhanīyañca|
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
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यतोya·to ऽस्माभिःsmā·bhiḥ सेवितंse·vi·taṃ ख्रीष्टस्यkhrīṣ·ṭas·ya पत्रंpat·raṃ यूयपेवyū·ya·pe·va, तच्चtac·ca नna मस्याmas·yā किन्त्वमरस्येश्वरस्यात्मनाkin·tva·ma·ras·yeś·va·ras·yāt·ma·nā लिखितंli·khi·taṃ पाषाणपत्रेषुpā·ṣā·ṇa·pat·re·ṣu तन्नहिtan·na·hi किन्तुkin·tu क्रव्यमयेषुkrav·ya·ma·ye·ṣu हृत्पत्रेषुhṛt·pat·re·ṣu लिखितमितिli·khi·ta·mi·ti सुस्पष्टंsus·paṣ·ṭaṃ।
yato 'smābhiḥ sevitaṁ khrīṣṭasya patraṁ yūyapeva, tacca na masyā kintvamarasyeśvarasyātmanā likhitaṁ pāṣāṇapatreṣu tannahi kintu kravyamayeṣu hṛtpatreṣu likhitamiti suspaṣṭaṁ|
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
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ख्रीष्टेनेश्वरंkhrīṣ·ṭe·neś·va·raṃ प्रत्यस्माकम्prat·yas·mā·kam ईदृशोī·dṛ·śo दृढविश्वासोdṛ·ḍha·viś·vā·so विद्यतेvid·ya·te;
khrīṣṭeneśvaraṁ pratyasmākam īdṛśo dṛḍhaviśvāso vidyate;
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वयंva·yaṃ निजगुणेनni·ja·gu·ṇe·na किमपिki·ma·pi कल्पयितुंkal·pa·yi·tuṃ समर्थाsa·mar·thā इतिi·ti नहिna·hi किन्त्वीश्वरादस्माकंkin·tvīś·va·rā·das·mā·kaṃ सामर्थ्यंsā·mar·thyaṃ जायतेjā·ya·te।
vayaṁ nijaguṇena kimapi kalpayituṁ samarthā iti nahi kintvīśvarādasmākaṁ sāmarthyaṁ jāyate|
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
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तेनte·na वयंva·yaṃ नूतननियमस्यार्थतोnū·ta·na·ni·ya·mas·yār·tha·to ऽक्षरसंस्थानस्यkṣa·ra·saṃ·sthā·nas·ya तन्नहिtan·na·hi किन्त्वात्मनkin·tvāt·ma·na एवe·va सेवनसामर्थ्यंse·va·na·sā·mar·thyaṃ प्राप्ताःprāp·tāḥ। अक्षरसंस्थानंak·ṣa·ra·saṃ·sthā·naṃ मृत्युजनकंmṛt·yu·ja·na·kaṃ किन्त्वात्माkin·tvāt·mā जीवनदायकःjī·va·na·dā·ya·kaḥ।
tena vayaṁ nūtananiyamasyārthato 'kṣarasaṁsthānasya tannahi kintvātmana eva sevanasāmarthyaṁ prāptāḥ| akṣarasaṁsthānaṁ mṛtyujanakaṁ kintvātmā jīvanadāyakaḥ|
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
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अक्षरैak·ṣa·rai र्विलिखितपाषाणरूपिणीrvi·li·khi·ta·pā·ṣā·ṇa·rū·pi·ṇī याyā मृत्योःmṛt·yoḥ सेवाse·vā साsā यदीदृक्ya·dī·dṛk तेजस्विनीte·jas·vi·nī जाताjā·tā यत्तस्याचिरस्थायिनस्तेजसःyat·tas·yā·ci·ras·thā·yi·nas·te·ja·saḥ कारणात्kā·ra·ṇāt मूससोmū·sa·so मुखम्mu·kham इस्रायेलीयलोकैःis·rā·ye·lī·ya·lo·kaiḥ संद्रष्टुंsaṃ·draṣ·ṭuṃ नाशक्यतnā·śak·ya·ta,
akṣarai rvilikhitapāṣāṇarūpiṇī yā mṛtyoḥ sevā sā yadīdṛk tejasvinī jātā yattasyācirasthāyinastejasaḥ kāraṇāt mūsaso mukham isrāyelīyalokaiḥ saṁdraṣṭuṁ nāśakyata,
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
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दण्डजनिकाdaṇ·ḍa·ja·ni·kā सेवाse·vā यदिya·di तेजोयुक्ताte·jo·yuk·tā भवेत्bha·vet तर्हिtar·hi पुण्यजनिकाpuṇ·ya·ja·ni·kā सेवाse·vā ततोऽधिकंta·to·dhi·kaṃ बहुतेजोयुक्ताba·hu·te·jo·yuk·tā भविष्यतिbha·viṣ·ya·ti।
daṇḍajanikā sevā yadi tejoyuktā bhavet tarhi puṇyajanikā sevā tato'dhikaṁ bahutejoyuktā bhaviṣyati|
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
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उभयोस्तुलनायांu·bha·yos·tu·la·nā·yāṃ कृतायाम्kṛ·tā·yām एकस्यास्तेजोe·kas·yās·te·jo द्वितीयायाःdvi·tī·yā·yāḥ प्रखरतरेणpra·kha·ra·ta·re·ṇa तेजसाte·ja·sā हीनतेजोhī·na·te·jo भवतिbha·va·ti।
ubhayostulanāyāṁ kṛtāyām ekasyāstejo dvitīyāyāḥ prakharatareṇa tejasā hīnatejo bhavati|
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
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यस्माद्yas·mād यत्yat लोपनीयंlo·pa·nī·yaṃ तद्tad यदिya·di तेजोयुक्तंte·jo·yuk·taṃ भवेत्bha·vet तर्हिtar·hi यत्yat चिरस्थायिci·ras·thā·yi तद्tad बहुतरतेजोयुक्तमेवba·hu·ta·ra·te·jo·yuk·ta·me·va भविष्यतिbha·viṣ·ya·ti।
yasmād yat lopanīyaṁ tad yadi tejoyuktaṁ bhavet tarhi yat cirasthāyi tad bahutaratejoyuktameva bhaviṣyati|
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
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इस्रायेलीयलोकाis·rā·ye·lī·ya·lo·kā यत्yat तस्यtas·ya लोपनीयस्यlo·pa·nī·yas·ya तेजसःte·ja·saḥ शेषंśe·ṣaṃ नna विलोकयेयुस्तदर्थंvi·lo·ka·ye·yus·ta·dar·thaṃ मूसाmū·sā यादृग्yā·dṛg आवरणेनā·va·ra·ṇe·na स्वमुखम्sva·mu·kham आच्छादयत्āc·chā·da·yat वयंva·yaṃ तादृक्tā·dṛk नna कुर्म्मःkur·maḥ।
isrāyelīyalokā yat tasya lopanīyasya tejasaḥ śeṣaṁ na vilokayeyustadarthaṁ mūsā yādṛg āvaraṇena svamukham ācchādayat vayaṁ tādṛk na kurmmaḥ|
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
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तेषांte·ṣāṃ मनांसिma·nāṃ·si कठिनीभूतानिka·ṭhi·nī·bhū·tā·ni यतस्तेषांya·tas·te·ṣāṃ पठनसमयेpa·ṭha·na·sa·ma·ye सsa पुरातनोpu·rā·ta·no नियमस्तेनावरणेनाद्यापिni·ya·mas·te·nā·va·ra·ṇe·nād·yā·pi प्रच्छन्नस्तिष्ठतिprac·chan·nas·tiṣ·ṭha·ti।
teṣāṁ manāṁsi kaṭhinībhūtāni yatasteṣāṁ paṭhanasamaye sa purātano niyamastenāvaraṇenādyāpi pracchannastiṣṭhati|
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
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तच्चtac·ca नna दूरीभवतिdū·rī·bha·va·ti यतःya·taḥ ख्रीष्टेनैवkhrīṣ·ṭe·nai·va तत्tat लुप्यतेlup·ya·te। मूससःmū·sa·saḥ शास्त्रस्यśās·tras·ya पाठसमयेऽद्यापिpā·ṭha·sa·ma·yed·yā·pi तेषांte·ṣāṃ मनांसिma·nāṃ·si तेनावरणेनte·nā·va·ra·ṇe·na प्रच्छाद्यन्तेprac·chād·yan·te।
tacca na dūrībhavati yataḥ khrīṣṭenaiva tat lupyate| mūsasaḥ śāstrasya pāṭhasamaye'dyāpi teṣāṁ manāṁsi tenāvaraṇena pracchādyante|
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
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वयञ्चva·yañ·ca सर्व्वेऽनाच्छादितेनास्येनsar·ve·nāc·chā·di·te·nās·ye·na प्रभोस्तेजसःpra·bhos·te·ja·saḥ प्रतिबिम्बंpra·ti·bim·baṃ गृह्लन्तgṛh·lan·ta आत्मस्वरूपेणāt·mas·va·rū·pe·ṇa प्रभुनाpra·bhu·nā रूपान्तरीकृताrū·pān·ta·rī·kṛ·tā वर्द्धमानतेजोयुक्तांvar·ddha·mā·na·te·jo·yuk·tāṃ तामेवtā·me·va प्रतिमूर्त्तिंpra·ti·mūr·tiṃ प्राप्नुमःprāp·nu·maḥ।
vayañca sarvve'nācchāditenāsyena prabhostejasaḥ pratibimbaṁ gṛhlanta ātmasvarūpeṇa prabhunā rūpāntarīkṛtā varddhamānatejoyuktāṁ tāmeva pratimūrttiṁ prāpnumaḥ|
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.