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Romans 4 रोमिणः पत्रं 4
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अस्माकंas·mā·kaṃ पूर्व्वपुरुषpūr·va·pu·ru·ṣa इब्राहीम्ib·rā·hīm कायिकक्रिययाkā·yi·kak·ri·ya·yā किंkiṃ लब्धवान्lab·dha·vān एतदधिe·ta·da·dhi किंkiṃ वदिष्यामःva·diṣ·yā·maḥ?
asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm kāyikakriyayā kiṁ labdhavān etadadhi kiṁ vadiṣyāmaḥ?
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
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सsa यदिya·di निजक्रियाभ्यःni·jak·ri·yābh·yaḥ सपुण्योsa·puṇ·yo भवेत्bha·vet तर्हिtar·hi तस्यात्मश्लाघांtas·yāt·maś·lā·ghāṃ कर्त्तुंkar·tuṃ पन्थाpan·thā भवेदितिbha·ve·di·ti सत्यंsat·yaṃ, किन्त्वीश्वरस्यkin·tvīś·va·ras·ya समीपेsa·mī·pe नहिna·hi।
sa yadi nijakriyābhyaḥ sapuṇyo bhavet tarhi tasyātmaślāghāṁ karttuṁ panthā bhavediti satyaṁ, kintvīśvarasya samīpe nahi|
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
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शास्त्रेśās·tre किंkiṃ लिखतिli·kha·ti? इब्राहीम्ib·rā·hīm ईश्वरेīś·va·re विश्वसनात्viś·va·sa·nāt सsa विश्वासस्तस्मैviś·vā·sas·tas·mai पुण्यार्थंpuṇ·yār·thaṃ गणितोga·ṇi·to बभूवba·bhū·va।
śāstre kiṁ likhati? ibrāhīm īśvare viśvasanāt sa viśvāsastasmai puṇyārthaṁ gaṇito babhūva|
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
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कर्म्मकारिणोkar·ma·kā·ri·ṇo यद्yad वेतनंve·ta·naṃ तद्tad अनुग्रहस्यa·nug·ra·has·ya फलंpha·laṃ नहिna·hi किन्तुkin·tu तेनोपार्जितंte·no·pār·ji·taṃ मन्तव्यम्man·tav·yam।
karmmakāriṇo yad vetanaṁ tad anugrahasya phalaṁ nahi kintu tenopārjitaṁ mantavyam|
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
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किन्तुkin·tu यःyaḥ पापिनंpā·pi·naṃ सपुण्यीकरोतिsa·puṇ·yī·ka·ro·ti तस्मिन्tas·min विश्वासिनःviś·vā·si·naḥ कर्म्महीनस्यkar·ma·hī·nas·ya जनस्यja·nas·ya योyo विश्वासःviś·vā·saḥ सsa पुण्यार्थंpuṇ·yār·thaṃ गण्योgaṇ·yo भवतिbha·va·ti।
kintu yaḥ pāpinaṁ sapuṇyīkaroti tasmin viśvāsinaḥ karmmahīnasya janasya yo viśvāsaḥ sa puṇyārthaṁ gaṇyo bhavati|
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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अपरंa·pa·raṃ यंyaṃ क्रियाहीनम्kri·yā·hī·nam ईश्वरःīś·va·raḥ सपुण्यीकरोतिsa·puṇ·yī·ka·ro·ti तस्यtas·ya धन्यवादंdhan·ya·vā·daṃ दायूद्dā·yūd वर्णयामासvar·ṇa·yā·mā·sa, यथाya·thā,
aparaṁ yaṁ kriyāhīnam īśvaraḥ sapuṇyīkaroti tasya dhanyavādaṁ dāyūd varṇayāmāsa, yathā,
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
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एषe·ṣa धन्यवादस्त्वक्छेदिनम्dhan·ya·vā·das·tvak·che·di·nam अत्वक्छेदिनंat·vak·che·di·naṃ वाvā कंkaṃ प्रतिpra·ti भवतिbha·va·ti? इब्राहीमोib·rā·hī·mo विश्वासःviś·vā·saḥ पुण्यार्थंpuṇ·yār·thaṃ गणितga·ṇi·ta इतिi·ti वयंva·yaṃ वदामःva·dā·maḥ।
eṣa dhanyavādastvakchedinam atvakchedinaṁ vā kaṁ prati bhavati? ibrāhīmo viśvāsaḥ puṇyārthaṁ gaṇita iti vayaṁ vadāmaḥ|
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
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सsa विश्वासस्तस्यviś·vā·sas·tas·ya त्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायांtvak·che·dit·vā·vas·thā·yāṃ किम्kim अत्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायांat·vak·che·dit·vā·vas·thā·yāṃ कस्मिन्kas·min समयेsa·ma·ye पुण्यमिवpuṇ·ya·mi·va गणितःga·ṇi·taḥ? त्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायांtvak·che·dit·vā·vas·thā·yāṃ नहिna·hi किन्त्वत्वक्छेदित्वावस्थायांkin·tvat·vak·che·dit·vā·vas·thā·yāṃ।
sa viśvāsastasya tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kim atvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ kasmin samaye puṇyamiva gaṇitaḥ? tvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ nahi kintvatvakcheditvāvasthāyāṁ|
How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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अपरञ्चa·pa·rañ·ca सsa यत्yat सर्व्वेषाम्sar·ve·ṣām अत्वक्छेदिनांat·vak·che·di·nāṃ विश्वासिनाम्viś·vā·si·nām आदिपुरुषोā·di·pu·ru·ṣo भवेत्bha·vet, तेte चca पुण्यवत्त्वेनpuṇ·ya·vat·tve·na गण्येरन्gaṇ·ye·ran;
aparañca sa yat sarvveṣām atvakchedināṁ viśvāsinām ādipuruṣo bhavet, te ca puṇyavattvena gaṇyeran;
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
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येye चca लोकाःlo·kāḥ केवलंke·va·laṃ छिन्नत्वचोchin·nat·va·co नna सन्तोsan·to ऽस्मत्पूर्व्वपुरुषsmat·pūr·va·pu·ru·ṣa इब्राहीम्ib·rā·hīm अछिन्नत्वक्a·chin·nat·vak सन्san येनye·na विश्वासमार्गेणviś·vā·sa·mār·ge·ṇa गतवान्ga·ta·vān तेनैवte·nai·va तस्यtas·ya पादचिह्नेनpā·da·cih·ne·na गच्छन्तिgac·chan·ti तेषांte·ṣāṃ त्वक्छेदिनामप्यादिपुरुषोtvak·che·di·nā·map·yā·di·pu·ru·ṣo भवेत्bha·vet तदर्थम्ta·dar·tham अत्वक्छेदिनोat·vak·che·di·no मानवस्यmā·na·vas·ya विश्वासात्viś·vā·sāt पुण्यम्puṇ·yam उत्पद्यतut·pad·ya·ta इतिi·ti प्रमाणस्वरूपंpra·mā·ṇas·va·rū·paṃ त्वक्छेदचिह्नंtvak·che·da·cih·naṃ सsa प्राप्नोत्prāp·not।
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|
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
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इब्राहीम्ib·rā·hīm जगतोऽधिकारीja·ga·to·dhi·kā·rī भविष्यतिbha·viṣ·ya·ti यैषाyai·ṣā प्रतिज्ञाpra·tij·ñā तंtaṃ तस्यtas·ya वंशञ्चvaṃ·śañ·ca प्रतिpra·ti पूर्व्वम्pūr·vam अक्रियतak·ri·ya·ta साsā व्यवस्थामूलिकाvya·vas·thā·mū·li·kā नहिna·hi किन्तुkin·tu विश्वासजन्यपुण्यमूलिकाviś·vā·sa·jan·ya·puṇ·ya·mū·li·kā।
ibrāhīm jagato'dhikārī bhaviṣyati yaiṣā pratijñā taṁ tasya vaṁśañca prati pūrvvam akriyata sā vyavasthāmūlikā nahi kintu viśvāsajanyapuṇyamūlikā|
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
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यतोya·to व्यवस्थावलम्बिनोvya·vas·thā·va·lam·bi·no यद्यधिकारिणोyad·ya·dhi·kā·ri·ṇo भवन्तिbha·van·ti तर्हिtar·hi विश्वासोviś·vā·so विफलोvi·pha·lo जायतेjā·ya·te साsā प्रतिज्ञापिpra·tij·ñā·pi लुप्तैवlup·tai·va।
yato vyavasthāvalambino yadyadhikāriṇo bhavanti tarhi viśvāso viphalo jāyate sā pratijñāpi luptaiva|
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
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अधिकन्तुa·dhi·kan·tu व्यवस्थाvya·vas·thā कोपंko·paṃ जनयतिja·na·ya·ti यतोya·to ऽविद्यमानायांvid·ya·mā·nā·yāṃ व्यवस्थायाम्vya·vas·thā·yām आज्ञालङ्घनंāj·ñā·laṅ·gha·naṃ नna सम्भवतिsam·bha·va·ti।
adhikantu vyavasthā kopaṁ janayati yato 'vidyamānāyāṁ vyavasthāyām ājñālaṅghanaṁ na sambhavati|
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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अतएवa·ta·e·va साsā प्रतिज्ञाpra·tij·ñā यद्yad अनुग्रहस्यa·nug·ra·has·ya फलंpha·laṃ भवेत्bha·vet तदर्थंta·dar·thaṃ विश्वासमूलिकाviś·vā·sa·mū·li·kā यतस्तथात्वेya·tas·ta·thāt·ve तद्वंशसमुदायंtad·vaṃ·śa·sa·mu·dā·yaṃ प्रतिpra·ti अर्थतोar·tha·to येye व्यवस्थयाvya·vas·tha·yā तद्वंशसम्भवाःtad·vaṃ·śa·sam·bha·vāḥ केवलंke·va·laṃ तान्tān प्रतिpra·ti नहिna·hi किन्तुkin·tu यya इब्राहीमीयविश्वासेनib·rā·hī·mī·ya·viś·vā·se·na तत्सम्भवास्तानपिtat·sam·bha·vās·tā·na·pi प्रतिpra·ti साsā प्रतिज्ञाpra·tij·ñā स्थास्नुर्भवतिsthās·nur·bha·va·ti।
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|
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
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योyo निर्जीवान्nir·jī·vān सजीवान्sa·jī·vān अविद्यमानानिa·vid·ya·mā·nā·ni वस्तूनिvas·tū·ni चca विद्यमानानिvid·ya·mā·nā·ni करोतिka·ro·ti इब्राहीमोib·rā·hī·mo विश्वासभूमेस्तस्येश्वरस्यviś·vā·sa·bhū·mes·tas·yeś·va·ras·ya साक्षात्sāk·ṣāt सोऽस्माकंsos·mā·kaṃ सर्व्वेषाम्sar·ve·ṣām आदिपुरुषā·di·pu·ru·ṣa आस्तेās·te, यथाya·thā लिखितंli·khi·taṃ विद्यतेvid·ya·te, अहंa·haṃ त्वांtvāṃ बहुजातीनाम्ba·hu·jā·tī·nām आदिपुरुषंā·di·pu·ru·ṣaṃ कृत्वाkṛt·vā नियुक्तवान्ni·yuk·ta·vān।
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|
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
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त्वदीयस्तादृशोtva·dī·yas·tā·dṛ·śo वंशोvaṃ·śo जनिष्यतेja·niṣ·ya·te यदिदंya·di·daṃ वाक्यंvāk·yaṃ प्रतिश्रुतंpra·tiś·ru·taṃ तदनुसाराद्ta·da·nu·sā·rād इब्राहीम्ib·rā·hīm बहुदेशीयलोकानाम्ba·hu·de·śī·ya·lo·kā·nām आदिपुरुषोā·di·pu·ru·ṣo यद्yad भवतिbha·va·ti तदर्थंta·dar·thaṃ सोऽनपेक्षितव्यमप्यपेक्षमाणोso·na·pek·ṣi·tav·ya·map·ya·pek·ṣa·mā·ṇo विश्वासंviś·vā·saṃ कृतवान्kṛ·ta·vān।
tvadīyastādṛśo vaṁśo janiṣyate yadidaṁ vākyaṁ pratiśrutaṁ tadanusārād ibrāhīm bahudeśīyalokānām ādipuruṣo yad bhavati tadarthaṁ so'napekṣitavyamapyapekṣamāṇo viśvāsaṁ kṛtavān|
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
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अपरञ्चa·pa·rañ·ca क्षीणविश्वासोkṣī·ṇa·viś·vā·so नna भूत्वाbhūt·vā शतवत्सरवयस्कत्वात्śa·ta·vat·sa·ra·va·yas·kat·vāt स्वशरीरस्यsva·śa·rī·ras·ya जरांja·rāṃ सारानाम्नःsā·rā·nām·naḥ स्वभार्य्यायाsva·bhār·yā·yā रजोनिवृत्तिञ्चra·jo·ni·vṛt·tiñ·ca तृणायtṛ·ṇā·ya नna मेनेme·ne।
aparañca kṣīṇaviśvāso na bhūtvā śatavatsaravayaskatvāt svaśarīrasya jarāṁ sārānāmnaḥ svabhāryyāyā rajonivṛttiñca tṛṇāya na mene|
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
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अपरम्a·pa·ram अविश्वासाद्a·viś·vā·sād ईश्वरस्यīś·va·ras·ya प्रतिज्ञावचनेpra·tij·ñā·va·ca·ne कमपिka·ma·pi संशयंsaṃ·śa·yaṃ नna चकारca·kā·ra;
aparam aviśvāsād īśvarasya pratijñāvacane kamapi saṁśayaṁ na cakāra;
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
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किन्त्वीश्वरेणkin·tvīś·va·re·ṇa यत्yat प्रतिश्रुतंpra·tiś·ru·taṃ तत्tat साधयितुंsā·dha·yi·tuṃ शक्यतśak·ya·ta इतिi·ti निश्चितंniś·ci·taṃ विज्ञायvij·ñā·ya दृढविश्वासःdṛ·ḍha·viś·vā·saḥ सन्san ईश्वरस्यīś·va·ras·ya महिमानंma·hi·mā·naṃ प्रकाशयाञ्चकारpra·kā·śa·yāñ·ca·kā·ra।
kintvīśvareṇa yat pratiśrutaṁ tat sādhayituṁ śakyata iti niścitaṁ vijñāya dṛḍhaviśvāsaḥ san īśvarasya mahimānaṁ prakāśayāñcakāra|
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
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इतिi·ti हेतोस्तस्यhe·tos·tas·ya सsa विश्वासस्तदीयपुण्यमिवviś·vā·sas·ta·dī·ya·puṇ·ya·mi·va गणयाञ्चक्रेga·ṇa·yāñ·cak·re।
iti hetostasya sa viśvāsastadīyapuṇyamiva gaṇayāñcakre|
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पुण्यमिवागण्यतpuṇ·ya·mi·vā·gaṇ·ya·ta तत्tat केवलस्यke·va·las·ya तस्यtas·ya निमित्तंni·mit·taṃ लिखितंli·khi·taṃ नहिna·hi, अस्माकंas·mā·kaṃ निमित्तमपिni·mit·ta·ma·pi,
puṇyamivāgaṇyata tat kevalasya tasya nimittaṁ likhitaṁ nahi, asmākaṁ nimittamapi,
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
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यतोऽस्माकंya·tos·mā·kaṃ पापनाशार्थंpā·pa·nā·śār·thaṃ समर्पितोऽस्माकंsa·mar·pi·tos·mā·kaṃ पुण्यप्राप्त्यर्थञ्चोत्थापितोऽभवत्puṇ·yap·rāp·tyar·thañ·cot·thā·pi·to·bha·vat योऽस्माकंyos·mā·kaṃ प्रभुpra·bhu र्यीशुस्तस्योत्थापयितरीश्वरेryī·śus·tas·yot·thā·pa·yi·ta·rīś·va·re
yato'smākaṁ pāpanāśārthaṁ samarpito'smākaṁ puṇyaprāptyarthañcotthāpito'bhavat yo'smākaṁ prabhu ryīśustasyotthāpayitarīśvare
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
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यदिya·di वयंva·yaṃ विश्वसामस्तर्ह्यस्माकमपिviś·va·sā·mas·tar·hyas·mā·ka·ma·pi सएवsa·e·va विश्वासःviś·vā·saḥ पुण्यमिवpuṇ·ya·mi·va गणयिष्यतेga·ṇa·yiṣ·ya·te।
yadi vayaṁ viśvasāmastarhyasmākamapi saeva viśvāsaḥ puṇyamiva gaṇayiṣyate|
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
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.