[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) › 1.13.4 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.13.4 Vikramārkacaritra 1.13.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.4) ityupāyamupādiśat | anantaraṃ rājā tadvacanaṃ samucitaṃ matvā citrakāramāhūya ‘bhānumatīrūpaṃ citre niveśaya’ ityādideśa | sa tu tasyā rūpaṃ sākṣādālokya padminīlakṣaṇayuktāṃ tāṃ citre vililekha | rājāpi citralikhitāṃ priyāṃ dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭastasmai pāritoṣikaṃ dadau | anantaraṃ rājaguruḥ śāradānandaścitrapaṭe niveśitāṃ bhānumatīṃ dṛṣṭvā citrakāramabhāṇīt — ‘bhānumatyāḥ sarvamapi rūpamatra likhitam | paraṃ tvekaṃ vismṛtaṃ tvayā’ iti | citrakāraḥ ‘bhoḥ svāmin tatkim ? kathaya’ iti savinayamapṛcchat | tataḥ śāradānandaḥ ‘tasyā vāmajaghanatale tilasadṛśaṃ lakṣmāsti | tanna likhitam’ ityāha | rājā tu gurorvacanaṃ śrutvā tadvacanaṃ tathyaṃ jñātvā svamanasyacintayat — ‘kathamanenāsyā lakṣma jñātam ? nūnamanayā sahāsya saṃyogo vidyate | api ca strīṇāṃ viṣaye'yaṃ sandeho na kāryaḥ’ iti | evaṃ vicārya mantriṇamāhūya sarvamakathayat mantriṇāpi tasminsamaye taccittānuguṇaṃ bhaṇitam | anantaraṃ rājā ‘mantrinyadi mama priyo'si tarhyamuṃ śāradānandaṃ māraya’ ityādiśat | sacivo'pi tatheti pratijñāya janānāṃ puraḥ śāradānandaṃ dṛḍhaṃ baddhvā vadhyasthānamanayat tadā mantrī ślokamekamapaṭhat — vane raṇe śatrujalāgnimadhye mahārṇave parvatamastake vā suptaṃ pramattaṃ viṣamasthitaṃ vā rakṣanti puṇyāni purā kṛtāni - [Previous: 1.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.3) - [Next: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.14) - [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.f6.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13.4) · Pramāṇa