Vikramacaritra (Pandit Somasuri) 2.37

2.37

ityevaṃ vicārya mantriṇamāhūya pūrvavṛttāntamakathayat,
mantriṇāpi tasmin samaye taccittānukūlaṃ bhaṇitam—'deva!
kasya cetasi kīdṛśamiti kena vā jñā(yeta)yate ? sarvathā
satyo bhavedayaṃ vṛttāntaḥ | ' rājā—'bho mantrin ! mama yadi
priyo'si, tarhi muṃ śāradānandaṃ māraya | ' sacivo'pi tatheti
pratijñāya lokānāṃ puraḥ śāradānandaṃ dṛḍhaṃ vavandha | tasmin
samaye śāradānando vabhāṇa—'aho ! rājā kasyāpi priyo na
bhavatīti lokoktiravitathaiva
tathāhi—
ko'rthān prāpya na garivato? viṣayiṇaḥ kasyāpado'staṅgatāḥ?
strībhiḥ kasya na khaṇḍitaṃ śuci manaḥ? ko nāma rājñāṃ priyaḥ?
kaḥ kālasya na gocaratvamagamat? ko'rthī gato gauravaṃ?
ko vā durjanavāgurāsu patitaḥ kṣemeṇa yātaḥ pumān!