[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) › 3.1-5 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.1-5 Vikramārkacaritra 3.1-5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-5) iti 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 - [Previous: 3.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-4) - [Next: 3.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-6) - [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.8.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-5) · Pramāṇa