[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) › 1.4 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.4 Vikramārkacaritra 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.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 - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.1.131) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.f2.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.4) · Pramāṇa