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so'bravīt - viśālāyāṃ nando nāma rājā mahāśauryasaṃpanno'bhūt | sa nijabalena prārthivanṛpālānsvapādapadmopajīvino vidhāyaikacchatreṇa rājyamakarot | tasya ca bahuśruto nāma mantrī | bhānumatī nāma mahiṣī | narapālo nāma tanayaḥ tasya rājño mahiṣyāṃ bhānumatyāmatīva prītirāsīt | siṃhāsane'pi sahaiva tayā samupaviśet | nimeṣamapi tayā vinā na tiṣṭhet | ekadā mantrī svamanasyacintayat — ‘ayaṃ rājā nirlajjo madhyesabhaṃ siṃhāsane striyamupaveśayati | tadā sarve janāstāṃ paśyanti | anucitamayaṃ na jānāti | kiṃ kriyatām’ iti | tata ekadāvasaraṃ prāpya rājānamabravīt — ‘deva vijñāpyamasti’ iti | rājā ‘kiṃ tat ? kathyatām’ ityāha | mantrī ‘yadeṣā bhānumatī siṃhāsane sahopaviśati tanmahadanucitam | ‘asūryaṃpaśyā rājadārā:’ iti hi saṃpradāyaḥ | atra nānājanāḥ samāgatya tāṃ paśyanti | ata itaḥ paraṃ naivaṃ yuktaṃ kartum’ iti vijñāpayāmāsa | tato rājā ‘bhānumatyanālokanaṃ kṣaṇamapi na sahe | tadupāyaṃ nirūpaya’ ityāha | mantrī ‘ālekhyagatāṃ tāṃ paśyatu devaḥ’ ### [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 ## 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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.13) · Pramāṇa