Vikramacaritra (Pandit Somasuri) 2.80

2.80

viṣṇucakraṃ garutmāṃśca nāsti tasya yadāhave
tathāca—
utsāhasampannamadīrghasūtraṃ kriyāvidhijñaṃ viṣayeṣvasaktam
śūraṃ kṛtajñaṃ dṛḍhaniścayaṃ ca lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ vāñchati vāsahetoḥ
evaṃ sakalaguṇādhivāso vikramārkaḥ sarvasampatparipūrṇaḥ
sakalamapi mahīmaṇḍalaṃ pālayannekadā svamanasyacintayat—
aniyo'yaṃ saṃsāraḥ kadā kasya kiṃ bhaviṣyatīti na
jñāyate ataḥ samupārjitaṃ dravyaṃ na dānabhogādinā vinā saphalaṃ
bhavati | tasya satpātre dānameva prathamaṃ phalam | yasya tanna
bhavet tannāśameva prāmuyāt | uktaṃ ca—
dānaṃ bhogo nāśastisro gatayo bhavanti vittasya
yastu dadāti na bhuṅkte tasya tṛtīyā gatirbhavatyeva
anyacca—
dātavyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ sati vibhave saṅgaho na kartavyaḥ
paśyeha madhukarāṇāṃ sañcitamarthaṃ haranti loke'nye
kiṃ ca—
anubhavata datta vittaṃ mānyaṃ mānayata sajjanaṃ bhajata
atipuruṣapavanalulitā dīpaśikhevāticañcalā lakṣmīḥ
api ca—
upārjitānāṃ vittānāṃ tyāga eva hi rakṣaṇam
taṭākodarasaṃsthānāṃ parīvāha ivāmbhasām
ityevaṃ vicārya sarvasvadakṣiṇaṃ kamapi yajñaṃ kartumupākramat
(ta)t| tataḥ śilpibhiratimanoharaṃ yajñāyatanaṃ kārayāmāsa
sarvā api yajñasāmagrīḥ sampādayāmāsa| devarṣiyakṣagandharvasiddhān dīnānāhvāpayat| brāhmaṇāśca samājagmuḥ| sarve rājāno bāndhavāśca
tatrāntare rājā samudrāhvānāya kañcana brāhmaṇaṃ praiṣayat| so samudratīraṃ gatvā gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ samudramabhyarcyātravīt'bhagavan! ratnākara! vikramārko yajñaṃ kariṣyati| tena śrīto'haṃ tvadāhvānārthaṃ samāgato'smi iti jalamadhye puṣpākṣīṃ vikṣipya kṣaṇaṃ tasthau| tatra na ko'pi pratyuvāca| tato brāhmaṇaḥ svāṭānnivṛtya yathāgataṃ yāvadājagāma, tāvadedīpyamānaśarīraḥ kaścinmahīsuraḥ samāgatya tamavadat—tvaṃ kila vikra
pāśmānāhvayituṃ preṣitaḥ | tena yā sambhāvanā kṛtā sā'smān prāpnaiva | etadeva suhṛllakṣaṇaṃ yat samaye dānamānādi
uktaṃ ca—
dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyamākhyāti pṛcchati
bhuṅkte ca bhojayatyeva ṣaḍvidhaṃ mitralakṣaṇam