[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) › 1.2 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.2 Vikramārkacaritra 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.2) asti kila mālave samastavastusaṃpūrṇā svaguṇaparābhūtapurandarapuravibhūtirujjayinī nāma nagarī | tatra samastasāmantasīmantinīsīmantasindūrāruṇacaraṇakamalayugalo bhartṛharirnāma rājāsīt | sa ca sakalakalāpravīṇaḥ samastaśāstrābhijñaśca | tasya ca rājñaḥ svavikramāpahṛtavairivikramo vikramo nāmānujo'bhūt | tatra ca nagare sakalaśāstrābhijñaḥ samastamantraśāstrapravīṇaśca brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidavartata | sa kevalaṃ daridraḥ | sa caikadā mantrānuṣṭhānena bhuvaneśvarīmatoṣayat | sā tu santuṣṭā brāhmaṇamāha—'bho brāhmaṇa phalametadbhakṣaya | anena jarāmaraṇavarjito bhaviṣyasi' iti | brāhmaṇastu tatphalaṃ gṛhītvā svabhavanamāgatya snātvā devatārcanāṃ vidhāya yāvatphalaṃ bhakṣayitumayatiṣṭa tāvadasya manasyevaṃ buddhirudabhūt—'ahaṃ tāvaddaridraḥ | jarāmaraṇavarjito bhūtvā kasyopakāraṃ kariṣyāmi | bahukālajīvino'pi mama bhikṣāṭanenaiva jīvanaṃ kāryam | paropakāriṇastu puruṣasya svalpakālajīvanamapi śreyo bhavati tathā coktam— yasmiñjīvati jīvanti bahavaḥ sa tu jīvatu bako'pi kiṃ na kurute cañcvā svodarapūraṇam - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.f2.3) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.154.4) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.2) · Pramāṇa