[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) › 4.3 # Vikramarkacaritra 4.3 Vikramārkacaritra 4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.3) tasyāṃ ca rātrau cirajīvī sukhopaviṣṭaḥ sanpakṣiṇo'pṛcchat | 'bhoḥ putrāḥ paritaḥ paryaṭanto bhavantaḥ kimadbhutamapaśyata' iti | tatra paṭucañcurnāma kaścitprāha | ' nāhaṃ kimapyadbhutamadrākṣam | api tu paredyurmama mahadduḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati' iti | cirajīvī— kiṃ tat ? paṭucañcuḥ— idānīṃ kathanamātreṇa kiṃ tadupaśāmyati ? | cirajīvī— bhoḥ putra yaḥ suhṛde svaduḥkhaṃ nivedayati sa sukhī bhavati | tadākarṇya paṭucañcurātmaduḥkhamakathayat — 'tāta śrūyatām | astyuttaradeśe śaivālako nāma parvataḥ | tatsamīpe palāśanagaraṃ nāmāgrahāro'sti | tatra ca parvate kaścidrākṣasaḥ pratidinaṃ nagaramārgāntāñjanānbalātparvataṃ nītvā bhakṣayannāsīt | ekadā tu janāḥ 'bho rākṣasa yathecchaṃ tvanmukhāgataṃ puruṣaṃ mā bhakṣaya | vayaṃ tubhyamekaikaṃ puruṣaṃ pratidinamāhārārthaṃ dāsyāmaḥ' ityabhyarthāṃcanta | so'pyetadaṅgīcakāra | anantaraṃ mahājanaiḥ pratidinaṃ gṛhakrameṇaikaikaṃ puruṣaṃ tasmai prāyacchan | evaṃ mahānaticakrāma kālaḥ adya mama pūrvajanmanimittabhūtasya brāhmaṇasya balivāsaraḥ saṃprāptaḥ| tasya tveka eva putraḥ | yadi taṃ dadyāttadā saṃtativicchedo bhavet | yadyātmānameva prayacchati tadā bhāryātyantavṛddhā vidhavā bhavet | vaidhavyaṃ punarmahadduḥkhamabalānām | tathā ca rāmāyaṇe - patihīnā tu yā nārī kāmaṃ bhavatu putriṇī dhanadhānyaiḥ supūrṇāpi vidhevetyucyate budhaiḥ - [Previous: 4.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.2-2) - [Next: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.4) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.3) · Pramāṇa