Vikramarkacaritra 3.1-5

3.1-5

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evaṃ vikrame rājyaṃ kurvati satyekadā cārā bhūmaṇḍalaṃ paribhramya rājñaḥ sakāśamāgatya rājñā pṛṣṭā vyajijñapan — 'deva kāśmīradeśe mahādravyasaṃpannaḥ
kaścidvaṇigasti | sa ca dharmaniratena cetasā pañcakrośavistāraṃ taṭākamekamakhanat | tanmadhye kiṃcidvilamadṛśyata | tatra ca devo nārāyaṇaḥ śayāno
dṛṣṭaḥ | tasya cāyatanaṃ kārayāmāsa | paramudakaṃ na lebhe | tato jalodgamanamittaṃ varuṇamuddiśya brāhmaṇairjapamakārayat | tadapi vṛthā babhūva | tataḥ khinnamānase vaṇiji taṭākatīre samupaviśya 'aho kenāpyupāyena jalaṃ na labhyate
vṛthā me śramo jātaḥ' iti cintayati kāpyamānuṣī vāgadhigaganamevamaśrūyata- “bho vaṇikputra, kimarthaṃ cintāvyākulo'si | mahārāja lakṣaṇayuktasya puruṣasya kaṇṭharaktena yadā taḍāgaṃ siñcasi tadā vimalamudakamāvirbhaviṣyati nānyathā' iti | tadākarṇya sa vaṇiktaṭākatīre mahadannasatramakalpayat | tatra ca bhoktuṃ svadeśavāsino videśavāsinaśca samāyānti | tadā ca
tatra sthitā vaṇigādeśakāriṇo bhṛtyāsteṣāṃ pura evaṃ vadanti- 'yaḥ ko'pi
svakaṇṭharudhireṇa taṭākaṃ siñcati tasya śatabhāraṃ suvarṇaṃ dīyate' iti | tadvacaḥ
sarve'pi śṛṇvanti | paraṃ tu na ko'pi tatsāhasamaṅgīkaroti | evaṃvidhaṃ mahaccitraṃ dṛṣṭam" iti | tacchrutvā vikramaḥ svayaṃ tatra gatvā bilaśāyinaṃ devaṃ
praṇamyātimaneāharamativiśālaṃ ca taḍāgaṃ dṛṣṭvā svamanasyacintayat - 'yadi
mama kaṇṭharaktenemaṃ taḍāgaṃ siñcāmi tarhīdaṃ jalaiḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ bhavet | anena ca
sakalalokānāmupakāro bhaviṣyati | idaṃ tu mama śarīraṃ varṣaśatamapi sthitvā
paścādvināśameva yāsyati | tathā cāhuḥśatamapi śaradāṃ vai jīvitaṃ dhārayitvā
śayanamadhiśayānaḥ sarvathā nāśameti
sulabhavipadi dehe sūrilokaikanindye
na vidadhati mamatvaṃ muktikāntotsukāste