[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) › 5.1 # Vikramarkacaritra 5.1 Vikramārkacaritra 5.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.1) iti ato vayasya tavāhaṃ tuṣṭo'smi| varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' ityabravīt| rājā—'yadi prasanno'si tarhyadyaprabhṛti manuṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ parityaja| atratyānviprānparitrāyasva| ātmānamiva tānpaśya' ityāha| tacchrutvā so'pi rākṣasastadāprabhṛti prāṇivadhaṃ parityaja| rājāpi kṛtārtho bhūsurānpraṇamya tairabhinanditaḥ svanagaramagamat”| itīmāṃ kathāṃ sālabhañjikākathitāmākarṇya trapāvanatavadano bhojo niśāntaḥpuramayāsīt ityekādaśamupākhyānam atha dvādaśamupākhyānam bhūyo'pyekadā bhoje siṃhāsanamāroḍhumāyātyaparā sālabhañjikā jagāda ‘etatsiṃhāsanaṃ vikramasyaudāryaṃ prathamamākarṇyantaramāroḍhavyam’ iti| tato bhoje ‘kathaya tasyaudāryam’ iti pṛcchati sābravīt—“vikrame rājyaṃ kurvati tasya nagare bhadraseno nāma vaṇigāsīt| tasya purandaro nāma putro'bhūt tasya bhadrasenasya saṃpadāṃ paricchedo nādṛśyata| paraṃ tu vyayaśīlo nāsīt tataścirādbhadrasene mṛte purandaraḥ pituḥ sarvasvaṃ prāpya kālocitaṃ tyāgaṃ kartumārabhata| athaivaṃvidhamenaṃ dhanado nāma suhṛdabhāṣata—‘sakhe purandara vaṇikputro bhūtvāpi mahākṣatriyakumāra iva vyayaṃ karoṣi| etadvaṇikulasambhavasya tava nocitam| vaṇikputreṇaikākināpi dravyasaṅgrahaḥ kartavyaḥ| varāṭikāyā api vyayo na kartavyaḥ| upārjitaṃ dravyaṃ kasyāṃ cidāpadyupakuryāt’ iti etaddhanadavacanaṃ śrutvā purandaraḥ prāha—‘sakhe dhanada samupārjitaṃ vittaṃ kasyāṃ cidāpadyupayogāya bhavatīti yo vadati sa vicāraśūnyaḥ| yadā tvāpadaḥ samāyānti tadopārjitaṃ dhanamapi naśyati| ato vivekinā puruṣeṇocito vyayaḥ kārya eva’ iti| etacchrutvā niruttarībhūto dhanadastūṣṇīmāsīt| tataḥ purandaraḥ paitṛkaṃ sarvamapi svaṃ satpātrebhyo viniyuktavān| tato vittahīnaṃ purandaraṃ bandhumitrādayo na mānayanti sma| tena saha goṣṭhīmapi nākurvan tadā purandaraḥ svamanasyacintayat — 'yāvaddhaste dhanamāsīttāvadeva sarve trādayo māmasevanta | idānīṃ mayā saha goṣṭhīmapi na kurvanti | nītirapi satyā ' yasyārthāstasya mitrāṇi ' iti | tacca ca— vanāni dahato vahneḥ sakhā bhavati mārutaḥ sa eva dīpanāśāya kṛśe kasyāsti sauhṛdam - [Previous: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.4.5) - [Next: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.3.58) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.12.9) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.166.9) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.1) · Pramāṇa