[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Vikramarkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra) › 1.13.1 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.13.1 Vikramārkacaritra 1.13.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.1) iti |' tato yāvadrājā tatkṣetrādbahiḥ saparivāro nirjagāma tāvatpakṣiṇaḥ samutthāpya punarmañcārūḍho brāhmaṇaḥ prāha - 'bho rājankimiti gacchasi ? | idaṃ kṣetraṃ sādhu pariṇataṃ dṛśyate | yāvanālāṃśraṇakāṃśca bhakṣayantu tava parivārāḥ paśyorvārukaphalāni santi | yatheṣṭaṃ bhujyantām' iti | punarbrāhmaṇavacanamākarṇya saparivāro rājā yāvatkṣetramadhyaṃ praviveśa tāvanmañcādavaruhya punastathaivābhaṇat | tato rājā svamanasi vicārayati sma - 'aho brāhmaṇo yadā mañcamārohati tadāsya cetasi dātavyamiti buddhirutpadyate | yadāvatarati tadā hīnabuddhirutpadyate | ahaṃ mañcamāruhya paśyeyam' iti yāvanmañcamāruroha tāvattatronmarājasya cetasyevaṃ buddhirudabhūt - 'nanu vidhayārtiḥ parihartavyā | sarvasyāpi lokasya dāridryaṃ nivāraṇīyam | duṣṭā daṇḍanīyāḥ | śiṣṭāḥ paripālanīyāḥ | prajā dharmeṇa rakṣaṇīyāḥ | kiṃ bahunā | asminsamaye yadi ko'pi mama śarīramapi prārthayiṣyate tarhi tadapi deyam' iti | tato rājā paramānandaparipūrṇahṛdayaḥ punarapi vicārayati sma-'etatkṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ svayamevaṃvidhāṃ buddhimutpādayati | kathametajjñāyatām' iti | tato brāhmaṇamāhūyāpṛcchat 'bho brāhmaṇa tavaitatkṣetre kiyāllābho bhavati ?' iti | brāhmaṇaḥ - 'bho rājansarvānsakalābhijñaḥ | aviditaṃ bhavataḥ kimapi nāsti | yadarhametattaddhyānālocayatu' iti pratyavadat | tato rājā brāhmaṇamanekadhanadhānyādinā saṃbhāvya kṣetraṃ vaśīkṛtya mantrasyāśvabhrakhāna | tatra puruṣamātre garte śilaikā sumanoharādṛśyata | tacchilādhaḥpradeśe kāpi candrakāntaśilā dṛṣṭā | tato - [Previous: 1.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.12-2) - [Next: 1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.2) - [Up: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.f5.p3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.1) · Pramāṇa