[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) › 3.2-2 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.2-2 Vikramārkacaritra 3.2-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2-2) iti 'ataḥ saṃsāriṇāṃ dharma eva śaraṇam | tataḥ samupārjitaṃ dravyaṃ satpātre dātavyam' iti | evaṃ bahudhā vicārya śrotriyānāhūya tatsakāśāddānakāṇḍoktāni vividhāni dānāni parijñāya sarvameva nijadhanaṃ satpātre viniyujya pavitrāntaḥkaraṇaḥ punarapi vicārayati sma— 'aho mayaitadanuṣṭhitaṃ dānavratādikaṃ tadā saphalaṃ bhavet, yadā dvāravatīṃ gatvā kṛṣṇaṃ drakṣyāmi' iti tato dvāravatīṃ prati nirgatya samudratīraṃ gatvā kañcana nāvikamāhūya samucitaṃ vetanaṃ nirṇīya bhikṣukayogino vaideśikāṃścāvamāropya svayaṃ cāruhya taiḥ saha dharmamedurāstāstāḥ kathāḥ kathayannāvadāgacchattāvatsamudramadhye samudīrṇaḥ kaścitparvatastena dṛṣṭaḥ | tatra mahāneko devālayo'dṛśyata | dhanadastu devālayaṃ gatvā bhuvaneśvarīṃ gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhirupacārairabhyarcya namaskṛtya ca tasyā vāmabhāge chinnamastakaṃ strīpuruṣayugalaṃ dṛṣṭvā puraḥsthitabhittibhāge likhitānyakṣarāṇi papāṭha — 'yadā ko'pi paropakārī paramaiśvaryasaṃpanno dvātriṃśallakṣaṇopetaḥ svakaṇṭharudhireṇa bhuvaneśvarīṃ prīṇayiṣyati tadedaṃ strīpuruṣayugalaṃ sajīvaṃ bhaviṣyati' iti | evaṃ paṭhitvā savismayo dhanadaḥ punarapi nāvamāruhya dvāravatīṃ gatvā śrīkṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamyāstauṣīt — eko'pi kṛṣṇāya kṛtaḥ praṇāmo daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthena tulyaḥ daśāśvamedhī punareti janma kṛṣṇapraṇāmo na punarbhavāya - [Previous: 3.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-3) - [Next: 3.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-4) - [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.p4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2-2) · Pramāṇa