[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) › 6.1-2 # Vikramarkacaritra 6.1-2 Vikramārkacaritra 6.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-2) iti vikramasya maudārya vācāmagocaram | ekadā paramaṇḍale kasyacidrājñaḥ purataḥ kenacitstutipāṭhakena vikramasya guṇāvaliḥpāṭhi | tāṃ śrutvā rājā vitarāmasūryayā bandinamuvācaṃ 're bandinkuto vikramārkaṃ stauṣi ? kimanyo rājā tādṛśo nāsti ? iti | vandī prāha — 'deva dhairya tyāge paropakāre sāhase dayāyāṃ ca tena sadṛśo rājā tribhuvane'pi nāsti' iti | tacchrutvā sa rājā 'ahamapi vikrama iva pareṣāmupakariṣyāmi' iti manasi nidhāya kañcana yoginamāhūyovāca — 'bho yoginparopakārakaraṇe mama prītiranudinamabhivardhate | yadi kaścidupāyaḥ syāttannivedayatu bhavān' iti | yogī prāha'kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginīcakraṃ pūjaya | tatpurato mantraṃ japtvā taddaśāṃśaṃ tarpaṇaṃ taddaśāṃśaṃ homaṃ ca vidhehi | homāvasāne pūrṇāhūtinimittaṃ svaśarīramevopaklpaya | tato yoginīcakraṃ prasannaṃ bhaviṣyati | yattvaṃ prārthayate taśca dāsyati | punarapratimaṃ śarīraṃ tava bhaviṣyati' iti | itthamabhidhāya sa yogī rahasyuktaṃ mantramupadiśya pūrvoktaṃ cakre pradarśayāmāsa | tato rājā tatsa̱rvaṃ samyagavadhārya tathaivānuṣṭhāya pūrṇāhutinimittaṃ svayamevāgnau papāta tato yoginīcakradevatā prasannā bhūtvā rāje'bhinavaṃ śarīraṃ dattvā bhaṇati sma 'rājanprasannāsmi | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | rājā prārthayata —' amba yadi prasannāsi tarhi pratidinaṃ mama gṛhaṃ saptaghaṭasuvarṇaparipūrṇa vidhehi' iti | devatā prāha — ' yadi tvaṃ pratidinamevaṃ śarīramagnau hoṣyasi tadāhaṃ tathā kariṣyāmi' iti | rājñāpi 'tathā karomi' ityaṅgīkṛtya nityamagnau śarīraṃ suvarṇārthaṃ juhvatsuvarṇaṃ cārthibhyo yathecchaṃ prayacchannāsta | ekadā vikramastaṃ vṛttāntamākarṇyaṃ nitāntaṃ dayayā samāviṣṭastatsthānaṃ samāgatya pūrṇāhutisamaye svayamenāgnau papāta | tato yoginī svayamacintayat — 'kimayyatanaṃ māṃsamatīva svādu vartate ? asya hṛdayamatīva sārabhūtamiva bhāti' iti | itthaṃ cintayitvā vikramāya punaḥ śarīraṃ dattvā jagāda — 'bho mahāsattva ko bhavān ? tava śarīratyāge ko hetuḥ ? abhilaṣitaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | tato vikramaḥ prārthayata — ' bhagavati yadi prasannāsi tarhi rājānamamuṃ pratidinaṃ saptaghaṭaparimitasuvarṇapradānena pūrṇamanorathaṃ kuru | pratidinaṃ śarīrahomaduḥkhaṃ ca yathāsya na syāttathāmumanugṛhāṇa' iti | yoginī ca ' tathā karomi' ityaṅgīkṛtya tasya gṛhe pratidinaṃ sapta mahāghaṭānsuvarṇena pūrayāmāsa | rājānaṃ ca homānnivārayāmāsa vikramo'pi tena rājñā tadīyaprakṛtibhiśca sutarāṃ saṃstūyamāno nijaṃ nagaramājagāma | ” iti kathāṃ sālabhañjikayā kathitāṃ niśamya bhojaḥ śrūyotsāho bivavṛte iti saptadaśamupākhyānam athāṣṭādaśamupākhyānam punarapi kadācidbhojabhūpāla siṃhāsanamāroḍhumāgacchati pāñcālikāparā trivikramāvocat —' bho rājanikrayasyaudāryādiguṇā yasya santi tenaivaitasmiṃhāsanamadhyāsitavyam | ataḥ śrūyatāṃ tasya te guṇāḥ | anantaraṃ yadi rocate tarhyasminnāsane samupaviśa | " vikramo rājanītisaṇumātramapi nollaṅghayet tasya prakṛtayo'pi manvādīnāṃ prajāparipālanasamaya iva nītimārgādrekhāmātramapi naiva calanti sma | tasya ca prajāsu govindaśarmā nāma brāhmaṇaḥ kaścinmaṇipuranivāsī svaputrāya nītimevamupadideśa | ahamapyaśrauṣam | tattubhyaṃ nivedayāmi - ' putra matimatā puruṣeṇa durjanaiḥ saṃsargo na vidheyaḥ | yato mahānto'narthāḥ sambhavanti | sajjanaistu saṅgo vidheyaḥ | yato bahūni kalyāṇāni bhavanti | kiṃca buddhimānnaraḥ kenāpi vairaṃ na kurvīta | pareṣāṃ santāpaṃ na janayet | aparādhaṃ vinā bhṛtyānna nindet | mahādoṣaṃ vinā bhāryā na parityajet | cañcalāṃ lakṣmīṃ sthirāṃ na manyeta | strībhyo guhyaṃ na nivedayet bhaviṣyaccintāṃ na kuryāt | vairiṇāmapi hitameva cintayet | dānādhyayanādibhirvinā divasaṃ mudhā nāpanayet | pitarau bhaktyā seveta | coraiḥ saha na saṃlapet | sarvadā niṣṭhurāṇi vacanāni na bhāṣeta | alpanimittaṃ bahuvyayaṃ na kuryāt | tathā ca vadanti - na svalpasya kṛte bhūri nāśayenmatimānnaraḥ etadeva hi pāṇḍityaṃ yatsvalpādbhūrirakṣaṇam - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1) - [Next: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.18.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-2) · Pramāṇa