[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) › 1.13.2 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.13.2 Vikramārkacaritra 1.13.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.2) nānāvidharatnakhacitaṃ dvātriṃśatsālabhañjikāsamalaṃkṛtamatiramaṇīyaṃ siṃhāsanamekamadṛśyata | tato bhojaḥ paramānandāmṛtalaharīpūrṇahṛdayaḥ siṃhāsanaṃ nagaraṃ netuṃ yāvaduccālayāmāsa tāvadatigariṣṭhamāsanaṃ noccacāla | tato rājā 'kutaḥ siṃhāsanaṃ noccalati ?' iti mantriṇamapṛcchat | mantrī tu 'rājāndivyametadāsanaṃ balipūjādikaṃ vinā noccalet' iti pratyavadat | tacchrutvā rājā brāhmaṇānākārya sarvamapi saṃvidhānaṃ kāritavān | tatastatsiṃhāsanaṃ laghu bhūtvā svayamevoccacāla | tadālokya rājā mantriṇamuvāca - 'yo'narthaṃ nivārayati asādhyamarthaṃ ca sādhayati sa eva mantrī' iti | tato mantrī pratyabravīt - 'mantriṇā svāmihitameva kāryaṃ kartavyam | anyacca, mantriṇā vinā rājyaṃ dhānyaṃ vinā durgaṃ kāruṇyaṃ vinā saubhāgyaṃ jñānaṃ vinā vairāgyaṃ durjanānāṃ śaktiḥ pāṣaṇḍānāṃ matiḥ veśyānāṃ viśvāsaḥ khalānāṃ maitrī parādhīnasya svātantryaṃ nirdhanasyāṭopaḥ sevakasya kopaḥ kṛpaṇasya gṛhaṃ jāriṇyāḥ patibhaktiḥ mūrkhāṇāṃ saṅgatiḥ ityetatsarvaṃ niṣphalam | aparaṃ ca, rājñā mahatāmarcanaṃ kāryam | āptānāṃ buddhigrāhyā | devabrāhmaṇāḥ paripālanīyāḥ | nyāyamārge vartitavyam | api ca rājanye rājagaṇāste sarve tvayi vidyante | atastvaṃ - [Previous: 1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.1) - [Next: 1.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.3) - [Up: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.2) · Pramāṇa