Simhasanadvatrimshika 8.p5

8.p5

teṣāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā vikramārko rājā svayaṃ tatra gato jalaśayanasya viṣṇor mahāprāsādam atimanoharam ativiśālaṃ taṭākaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ gato manasi vicārayati: yadi mama kaṇṭharaktene 'daṃ taṭākaṃ secayiṣyāmi, tarhī 'daṃ jalaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ bhaviṣyati, sakalalokasyo 'pakāro bhaviṣyati. idaṃ mama śarīraṃ sarvathā varṣaśatam api sthitvā vināśam eva yāsyati; ato mahatā puruṣeṇa śarīre mamatvaṃ na kāryam; paropakārārthaṃ śarīram api dātavyam. uktaṃ ca:

When King Vikramārka heard their words, he went himself to that place. And when he saw the great shrine, beautiful and spacious, of Viṣṇu ‘Resting-on-the-Water,’ and the reservoir, he was astonisht, and thought to himself: “If I sprinkle this pond with the blood of my neck, then it will become full of water, and it will be a benefaction to all people. This my body, even tho it should live a hundred years, must finally come to destruction; therefore a great man should not be selfish with his body. To benefit others even the body should be sacrificed. And it is said: