[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) › 2.2-3 # Vikramarkacaritra 2.2-3 Vikramārkacaritra 2.2-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.2-3) ityevaṃ vicārya sarvasvadakṣiṇaṃ kamapi yajñaṃ kartumupākramata | tataḥ śilpibhi timanoharaṃ yajñāyatanaṃ kārayāmāsa | sarvāṃ api yajñasāmagrīḥ saṃpādayāmāsa devaṛṣiyakṣagandharvasiddhādīnāhvānayat | brāhmaṇāśca samājagmuḥ sarve rājā bāndhavāśca | tatrāntare rājā samudrāhvānāya kañcane brāhmaṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa so'pi samudratīraṃ gatvā gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ samudramabhyarcya ' bhagavannaranāva vikramārko yajñaṃ kariṣyati | tena preṣito'haṃ tvadāhnānārthaṃ samāgato'smi iti bruvanjalamadhye puṣpāñjaliṃ vikṣipya kṣaṇaṃ tasthau | tatra na ko'pi pratyuvāca tato brāhmaṇastatannivṛtya yathāgataṃ yāvadājagāma tāvaddedīpyamānaśarīraḥ kaścinmahīsuraḥ samāgatyāvadat - 'tvaṃ kila vikrameṇāsmānāhvātuṃ preṣitaḥ | tena yā sambhāvanā kṛtā sāsmānprāptaiva | kiṃ tu mama nāyamavasaraḥ samāgantum | yathārhamupakariṣyāmi | amūlyāni ratnāni catvāri dāsyāmi prayaccha tasmai | teṣāṃ māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu- eṣāmekaṃ ratnaṃ yaddhanādi vastu smaryate taddadāti | dvitīyaṃ yattu bhakṣyabhojyādikamamṛtakalpaṃ tadutpādayati | tṛtīyaṃ hastyaśvarathapadāttiyuktaṃ balaṃ janayati | caturtha divyaṃ vastrābharaṇādikaṃ prasūte' iti | evamabhidhāya ratnāni dattvā samudro'ntaradhāt | tadanantaraṃ brāhmaṇastāni gṛhītvā cirādujjayinīmagamat | atrāntare yajñaṃ samāpya rājāvabhṛthasnānaṃ vidhāya sarvom̐llokānparipūrṇamanorathānakarot | brāhmaṇo'pi rājānamavalokya maṇīnāṃ guṇānakathayat | rājā 'brāhmaṇa yajñadakṣiṇākālamatilaṅghya samāgato'si | sarvasvamarthisātkṛtya kevalo'smi | atastvameteṣāṃ ratnānāṃ yadekaṃ tubhyaṃ rocate tadgṛhāṇa' ityavādīt | brāhmaṇaḥ 'mahārājāhaṃ gṛhiṇīṃ putraṃ snuṣāṃ ca pṛṣṭvā sarvebhyo yadrocate tadgṛhṇāmi' ityavadat | rājā 'tathā kuru' ityāha | brāhmaṇo'pi svabhavanamāgatya tadvṛttāntaṃ teṣāmakathayat | tanniśamya putro'bhyabhāṣata-' yadratnaṃ caturaṅgaṃ balaṃ dadāti tadgrahīṣyāmaḥ | tena hi rājyamāyāti' iti | pitā jagāda- 'prājño rājyaṃ nāpekṣeta | rājyāpekṣayaiva hi yudhiṣṭhirādayo mahadduḥkhamanvabhūvan | ato yasmāddhanādikaṃ labhyate tadgṛhṇīmaḥ | tena tu sarvamapi labhyate | uktaṃ cana tadasti jagatyasminyadarthena na sidhyati ato'sminbhuvane dhīmāndhanamekaṃ prasādhayet - [Previous: 2.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.4-2) - [Next: 2.3-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.3-3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.2.2-3) · Pramāṇa