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# Vikramarkacaritra 1.23

Vikramārkacaritra 1.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.23)

iti  
tato varṇatrayaṃ parityajya ‘rā’ ityabravīt | tacchrutvā śāradānandaścaturthaṃ padyamapāṭhīt —  
bho rājaṃstava putrasya yadi kalyāṇamicchasi  
dānaṃ dehi dvijātibhyo varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ

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