[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 # Vikramarkacaritra 3.2 Vikramārkacaritra 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2) ' iti evaṃ cintayitvā 'daivādetra samāgataṃ vikramaṃ yācitvā sukhamanubhaviṣyāmi' iti niścitya rājasamīpamāgatya ‘mahārāja ciraṃ jīva' ityāśiṣamavadat rājā tu tamāsane samupaveśyāvadat — ‘bho brahmankutaḥ samāgato'si' iti brahmacārī ‘'ahamatraiva jagadambikāparicaryāṃ kurvastiṣṭhāmi | nityamevaṃ paricarato me pañcāśadvarṣāṇi vyatīyuḥ | ahaṃ tu brahmacārī | adya niśāyāṃ yāmamātrāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ devatā māṃ svapne prāha— ‘vatsa tavāhaṃ prasannāsmi | tvamidānīṃ gṛhasthāśramaṃ svīkṛtya putramutpādya paścānmokṣe mano nidhehi | anyathā tava gatirnāsti | tathā hi vadanti — ṛṇāni trīṇyapākṛtya mano mokṣe niveśayet anapākṛtya mokṣaṃ tu sevamānaḥ patatyadhaḥ - [Previous: 3.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-2) - [Next: 3.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.1-3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.6.7) — Sanskrit - [Kathākusumamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.kathakusumamanjari.2.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.3.2) · Pramāṇa