Treasury of Narratives (Caturviṃśatiprabandha) 15.2
Prabandhakośa 15.2
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15.2
dvitīyayoktam-kāsīto dvau dvijau āyātau | vikramārkeṇa pṛṣṭau rājyasvarūpam | tābhyāmūceasmaddeśe pātālavivaramasti | tatrāndho rākṣaso varttate | asmaddeśasvāmī tailakaṭāhe jhampāṃ dattvā
svamāṃsena rākṣasasya pāraṇaṃ kārayati sma | rākṣaso'pi taṃ punarnavīkaroti | sapta apavarikāḥ1 svarṇasampūrṇāśca2 kurute | pratyahaṃ prātaḥ saptāpyapavarikāstyāgena riktīkurute | śrutvedaṃ vikramo'pi tatra
gataḥ| kaṭāhe jhampā3 dattā| rakṣasā bhakṣito jīvitaśca | punarbhāṣito jīvitaśca | rākṣasasya4 śāpenāndhyamasti | tacchāpānto'bhūt | dṛgbhyāṃ paśyati | dṛṣṭvā cāha-kastvaṃ sāhasī ? | tenoktamvikramo'ham | tuṣṭo'haṃ te | yācasva5 | rājñoktam-[tuṣṭaścettadā'sya rājño† ] nityaṃ saptāpyapavarikāḥ
svarṇapūrṇā bhūyāsuḥ | tathā'sya punarevaṃ kaṭāhajhampāpātādiyātanā mā bhūt | rakṣasoktam-evamastu | ataḥ kathaṃ vikramādityadhiko bhāvī ?; samo'pi na | ato hasitaḥ