[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) › 5.2-3 # Vikramarkacaritra 5.2-3 Vikramārkacaritra 5.2-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2-3) iti anyacca, rājyaṃ svavaśaṃvadamabhūditi nopekṣaṇīyam | svāyattapi punaḥ sudṛḍhaṃ karttavyam' iti | tacchutvā rājā babhāṇa— “bhagavansarvametatpauruṣaṃ nirarthakam | daivameva sarvasya mūlam | sudṛḍhe'pi rājye satyāmapi sādhanasamṛddhau saṃpannepi pauruṣe daivavaimukhyānnaraḥ paribhūyate | tathā ca vadanti nītividaḥ— arakṣitaṃ tiṣṭhati daivarakṣitaṃ surakṣitaṃ daivahataṃ vinaśyati jīvatyanātho'pi vane vivarjitaḥ kṛtaprayatno'pi gṛhe na jīvati - [Previous: 5.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.1-3) - [Next: 5.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.3-2) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.5.61.32) — Sanskrit - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*simplicior.5.42) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.14.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2-3) · Pramāṇa