Vikramarkacaritra 1.4

1.4

ityāśiṣaṃ prayujya phalaṃ dattvā bhaṇati sma— 'bho rājandevatāvaraprasādalabdhamidamapūrva phalaṃ bhakṣaya | anena tvaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjito bhaviṣyasi ' iti
rājā tu tatphalaṃ gṛhītvā brāhmaṇaṃ saṃmānya gṛhaṃ saṃpreṣya vicārayati sma—
'aho mamaitatphalabhakṣaṇādamaratvaṃ bhaviṣyati | mama tvanaṅgasenāyāṃ mahatī prītirasti | sā mayi jīvati mriyeta cettasyā viyogaduḥkhaṃ soḍhuṃ na śaknomi
tasmādidaṃ phalaṃ mama prāṇapriyāyā anaṅgasenāyai dāsyāmi' iti| tatastāmāhūya tasyai dadau | tasyā mandurikaḥ kaścitpriyatamaḥ | sā punarvicārya
tasmai tatphalaṃ dadau | tasya kāciddāsī priyatamā | sa paryālocya tasyai prādāt | sā tu priyatamāya kasmai cinnṛpāya taprāyacchat | tasyāpi kasyāṃ cinnomayādhāriṇyāṃ mahatpremābhūt | sa punavicārya tatphalaṃ tasyai dattavān | tataḥ sā gomayadhāriṇī grāmādbahirgomayaṃ hṛtvā tadbhājanaṃ śirasi
nidhāya tadupari tatphalaṃ nikṣipya rājavīthīmājagāma | tadā rājā bhartṛharī
rājakumāraiḥ saha bahirgacchaṃstasyāḥ śiraḥsthāpitagomayāgrasthitaṃ phalaṃ dṛṣṭvā
gṛ hishāmāgatya brāhmaṇamāhūya 'bho brāhmaṇa bhavatā yatphalaṃ dattaṃ tādṛśamanyatkimasti?' ityapṛcchat | brāhmaṇastu 'bho rājaṃstatphalaṃ devatāprasādalabdham
tādṛśaṃ phalaṃ bhūloke nāsti | satyametat | rājā nāma sākṣādīśvaraḥ | tasya
purato'nṛtaṃ na vaktavyam | sa devavannirīkṣaṇīyaḥ | tathā coktam—
sarvadevamayo rājā ṛṣibhiḥ parikīrtitaḥ
tasmāttaṃ devavatpaśyenna vyalīkaṃ vadetsudhīḥ