[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) › 3.1-3 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.1-3 Vikramārkacaritra 3.1-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-3) iti kiṃ ca dānaśauṇḍo vikramastūrṇamatrāgamiṣyati | sa tu tava manorathaṃ pūrayiṣyati' ityevamādiśyāntaradhāt | tato'haṃ prabudhya bhavantamāgataṃ ca dṛṣṭvā samāgalo'smi” ityevamanūktamavādīt | tadākarṇya rājā svamānasamacintayat — ‘kimetatsvapnaṃ syāt ? | evametat | devatā svapne nākathayat | anyathaiva kopyadyadbhutaṃ vadati | āstāmetat | ayamartta iva dṛśyate | sarvathāsya manorathaṃ pūrayiṣyāmi' iti | evaṃ vicārya tatra nagaramekaṃ nirmāya tatra taṃ saṃsthāpya śataṃ vilāsinīḥ pañcaśataṃ turaṅgāṃścatvāriṃśadgajāṃścatuḥsahasraṃ bhaṭāṃśca tasmai brahmacāriṇe dadau | caṇḍikānagaramiti tasya nagarasya nāma ca cakāra | tataḥ paripūrṇamanoratho brahmacārī kṛtodvāha maṅgalastaṃ rājānamāśīrbhirabhivavarṣa | rājāpi nijanagaraṃ jagāma” | iti sālabhañjikā bhojāya kathāṃ kathayāmāsa bhojastu tādṛśamaudāryamātmanyapaśyaṃstūṣṇīṃ jagāma iti ṣaṣṭhamupākhyānam atha saptamamupākhyānam punarapi kadācidbhojaḥ śubhe muhūrte samucitasannāhaḥ siṃhāsanamāroḍhuṃ yāvadupacakrame tāvadanyā sālabhañjikābadat | bho rājaṃstathāvidhaṃ sāhasamaudāryaṃ dhairyaṃ ca yasyāsti sa evedaṃ siṃhāsanamadhiroḍhumarhati | rājā prāha — kīdṛśaṃ tat ? sālabhañjikāṃkathayat — “bho rājanvikrame rājyaṃ kurvati loke durjanaḥ ko'pi nāsīt | sarve janāḥ sadācārasaṃpannā brāhmaṇā vedaśāstrābhyāstāddisvakarmacaryāparāḥ ṣaṭkarmaniratāśca babhūvuḥ | sarveṣāmapi varṇānāṃ pāpādbhayam, prāṇiṣu dayā, parameśvare bhaktiḥ , dehe nirmamatā, nityānityavastuvicāraḥ , hṛdaye caudāryamabhūt | evaṃ sarvo'pi lokaḥ pāvanāntaḥkaraṇaḥ rājñaḥ pramādātsukhenāvartata | tadā ca tatra nagare dhanado nāma kaścidvaṇig samabhūt | tasya saṃpadāṃ maryādā nāsti | yāni vastūni bhuvane sudurlabhāni tāni tatra sulabhāni evaṃ sakalasaṃpatsamāścitasya tasyaivaṃ buddhirudabhūt - ‘hantāsāro'yaṃ saṃsāraḥ sarvamapi vastujātamityam | tathā ca smaryate — gagananagarakalpaḥ saṃgamo vallabhānāṃ jaladapaṭalatulyaṃ yauvanaṃ vā dhanaṃ vā svajanasutaśarīrādīni vidyuccalāni kṣaṇikamiti samastaṃ viddhi saṃsāravṛttam - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2) - [Next: 3.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2-2) - [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.7.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-3) · Pramāṇa