[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) › 2.1-2 # Vikramarkacaritra 2.1-2 Vikramārkacaritra 2.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1-2) iti |' evaṃ rājānaṃ stutvā brāhmaṇasya manorathamāpūryāntaradhāt | tato rājā svanagaramagamat" | itīmāṃ kathāṃ kathayitvā sālabhañjikā bhojamabravīt - 'tvametadāsanamāroḍhumabhilaṣasi | vikramārkaguṇāstu tvayi na dṛśyante' iti tacchrutvā rājā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva iti dvitīyamupākhyānam atha tṛtīyamupākhyānam punarapi bhoje kadācitsiṃhāsanamāroḍhumāgate tṛtīyā sālabhañjikāvadat 'bho rājannaitatsiṃhāsanaṃ tenādhyāsitavyam | yasminvikramasyaudāryaṃ vidya iti | bhojaḥ prāha - ' sālabhañjike tasyaudāryavṛttāntaṃ brūhi' iti labhañjikāvadat - "rājanvikramasadṛśo bhūmaṇḍale ko'pi nāsti | ta cetasyaṇumātramapi vikalpo nāsīt | uktaṃ ca - aya̍ nijaḥ paraśceti vikalpo laghucetasām udāracaritānāṃ tu vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.4) - [Next: 2.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.2-2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.2.p8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.1-2) · Pramāṇa