[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) › 3.1-6 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.1-6 Vikramārkacaritra 3.1-6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-6) iti ataḥ sakalalokopakārāyedaṃ śarīramavaśyamidānīṃ mayopayoktavyam' iti evaṃ vicintya puraḥsthitaprāsādagarbhagatabilaśayanasya viṣṇoḥ pūjāṃ vidhāya namaskṛtya- 'bho deva jalaśāyindvāritraṃśallakṣaṇasaṃpannasya puruṣasya kaṇṭharaktaṃ vāñchasi | ato mama kaṇṭharaktena tṛpto bhūtvā taḍāgamenaṃ paripūraya' iti saṃprārthya yāvatkaṇṭhe khaṅgamakarottāvatsa bhagavānkhaṅgamākṣipya jagāda-'vīra tavāhaṃ prasanno'smi | alamanena sāhasena | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | rājāvadat‘deva yadi mama prasanno'si tarhīmaṃ taḍāgaṃ jalena paripūraya' iti | devaḥ prāha - ‘bho rājaṃstvamasmātsthānānnirgatya taṭākatīraṃ prāpya yāvatparāvṛtya paśyasi tāvajjalaiḥ paripūrṇastaḍāgo bhaviṣyati' iti | tato rājā sasambhramaṃ taṭākatīramāruroha | saraśca jalaiḥ paripūrṇamadṛśyata | anantaraṃ paramānandabharitena vaṇijā stūyamāno rājā tena samarpitaṃ śatabhārasuvarṇaṃ kasmaicidvivāhāryine daridrāya brāhmaṇāya dattvā svanagaramagamat” | iti sālabhañjikoktāṃ kathāṃ śrutvā bhojarājaḥ svasmiṃstādṛśaguṇānapaśyaṃstūṣṇīṃ nyavartata ityaṣṭamamupākhyānam atha navamamupākhyānam bhūyo'pi bhojamahīpāle sakautukasambhramamāgacchati navamī sālabhañjikāṃ sahāsamidamabhāṣata -- ‘ bhūpāla siṃhāsanamāroḍhuṃ sasambhramo'si | durlabhaṃ te vikramārkagataṃ sāhaudāryādikam | tadviramāsmātsamudyamāt' iti | tato rājā ‘kathaya guṇānanyaduravāpānvikramasya' ityapṛcchat | sālabhañjikā prāha- “vikrame rājyaṃ kurvati bhaṭṭiḥ pradhānamantrī | upamantrī govindaḥ candraḥ senāpatiḥ | tasya putraḥ kamalākaro nāma | sa tu pratidinamākaṇṭhaṃ bhuñjāno vastrabhūṣaṇatāmbūlādinā śarīramalaṃkṛtya viṣayasukhamanubhavannāsīt ekadā durvṛttaṃ taṃ sutamāhūya pitā jagāda— ‘bhoḥ kamalākara brāhmaṇajanma prāpyāpi tvamevaṃ durvṛtto'si | svakarmavaśādayamātmā nānāyoniṣu janma prāpnoti | kadācitsatkarmavaśānmanuṣyayoniṃ praviśati | tatrāpi brāhmaṇakule janma mahatā puṇyena labhyate | tallabdhvāpi tvaṃ durvṛtto'si | sarvadā bahireva sañcarasi | bhojanakāle paraṃ bhavanamāgacchasi | anucitamidaṃ na jānāsi kiṃ ca tavāyaṃ vidyābhyāsakālaḥ | idānīṃ yadi vidyāṃ nābhyasyasi taryuttaratra tava mahānsantāpo bhaviṣyati | tathā coktam - ye bālabhāve na paṭhanti vidyāṃ kāmāturā yauvananaṣṭacittāḥ te vṛddhabhāve paribhūyamānā dahanti gātraṃ śiśiro yathābjam - [Previous: 3.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-5) - [Next: 3.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2-3) - [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.9.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-6) · Pramāṇa