[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) › 3.1-2 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.1-2 Vikramārkacaritra 3.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-2) iti' bhṛtyaḥ 'aye karṇadhāra yaduktaṃ tvayā tatsatyameva | tathāpi yadyahamadyaiva ratnaiḥ saha devasya pādamūlaṃ na gaccheyaṃ tadājñābhaṅgādrājā māṃ nigrahīṣyati| ato'vaśyamidānīṃ māmuttārayitumarhasi' ityavadat | 'tarhi pañca ratnāni yadi mahyaṃ dāsyasi tarhi tvāmuttārayiṣyāmi' iti nāvikro jagāda | tato bhṛtyastasmai pañca ratnāni dattvā nadīmuttīrya rājasamīpamāgatya savinayaṃ praṇamya pañca ratnāni tasmai dadau | tadā rājābravīt - 'kutrāvaśiṣṭāni pañca ratnāni ?' iti | bhṛtyaḥ 'deva śrūyatām | vijñāpayāni | ayaṃ jano yathādeśamito nirgatya vaṇijā saha tadgrāmaṃ praviśya tena dattāni daśa ratnāni gṛhītvā tato nirgatya yāvadāgacchaṃ tāvanmārge kāpi vṛṣṭiratimahatī samabhūt | tayā kāpi taṭinī kūlamullaṅghyātibhayaṅkarā pravahati sma | ahaṃ tu yathādiṣṭakālaṃ devasya caraṇau paśyeyamiti nadīmuttartuṃ nāvikāya pañca ratnāni dattavānasmi | yadyādiṣṭaḥ samayo'tilaṅghyeta tadājñābhaṅgo bhavet | ata evaṃ kṛtavānasmi | tadupari devaḥ pramāṇam' iti vyāhṛtya virarāma | rājā tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā paraṃ santuṣṭo'vaśiṣṭānyapi ratnāni tasmai prādāt | bhṛtyaśca paramānandabharitaḥ svagṛhamagāt " | iti kathāṃ kathayitvā sālabhañjikā bhojamāha - 'yadyevaṃvidhamaudāryaṃ tvayi vidyate tadopaviśa' iti | tadākarṇya bhojastūṣṇīṃ nyavartata iti pañcamamupākhyānam atha ṣaṣṭhamupākhyānam punarapi bhojaḥ kadācicchubhe muhūrte samucitālaṅkāraḥ siṃhāsanamāroḍhuṃ yāvadājagāma tāvadaparā sālabhañjikā nivārya babhāṇa — ‘bho rājanyaḥ pumarodāryeṇa vikramamanukaroti sa eva siṃhāsanamidamādhirohumarhati | śrūyatāṃ tasyaudāryam — ‘ vikramo rājyaṃ kurvannekadā vasantotsave sakalāntaḥpuravadhūsametaḥ krīḍārthaṃ śṛṅgāravanamagamat | nānāvikasattarulatopaśobhite kokilakūjitairbhramarajhaṃkāraiśca śrutimanohare tasminnupavane samuddīpitaratikautuko rājā kadācidvāpīṣu, kadācitkusumāstīrṇeṣu lāmaṇḍapeṣu, kadācittarutaleṣu, kadāciccandrakāntaśilātaleṣu ca sahaivāntaḥpuravanitābhirviharanmahāntaṃ kālamanaiṣīt tatra kaścidbrahmacārī kutrāpi tarutale tapaścaran rājānaṃ tatrāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā svamanasyacintayat — ‘aho tapaścaratā mayā kālo vṛthaiva nītaḥ | svapne'pi kiṃcitsukhaṃ nānubhūtam | yāvajjīvaṃ kaṣṭena kālaṃ nītvā mṛtastapaḥphalaṃ bhokteti mūrkhāṇāṃ pralāpaḥ | ato mahatkaṣṭamanubhūyāpi saṃsārasārabhūtaṃ strīsukhameva bhoktavyam | yataḥ , asārabhūte saṃsāre sārabhūtā nitambinī iti saṃcintya vai saṃśṛṇvāṃśca kāminīṃ dadhau - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.6.p4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-2) · Pramāṇa