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# Vikramarkacaritra 6.1-3.1

Vikramārkacaritra 6.1-3.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.1-3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.1)

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evaṃ stutvā paramātmānamaryamaṇaṃ namaścakāra | tataḥ sūryastaṃ svīyakiraṇāmṛtenāsiñcat | tato rājñaḥ śarīraṃ pūrvavatsthasthamabhūt | tataḥ sūryo rājānamuddiśya 'bho rājanmahāsattvo'si, yato'nyairduṣprāpametanmama maṇḍalamupāgamaḥ  
tadahaṃ tava prasanno'smi | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' ityāha | tato rājā 'bho bhagavansūryamankimataḥ paramadhiko varo'sti, yanmunīnāmapi durlabhaṃ tava darśanaṃ mama jātam | kiṃ ca bhagavadanugrahānmama sarvamapyarthajātaṃ nirapāyaṃ vartate' iti vyajijñapat | tatastasya sattvena vacanenānyairguṇaiścātīva santuṣṭo bhagavānaryamā svakīye ratnamaye karṇakuṇḍale vikramāya dattvā prāha—'rājannetatkuṇḍaladvayaṃ  
pratyahamekaṃ suvarṇabhāraṃ prayacchet' iti | rājāpi tadgṛhītvādityaṃ praṇamya tadanujñāmavāpya tasmātsuvarṇastambhādavatīrya yāvadujjayinīmājagāma tāvatkaścidbrāhmaṇo mārge samāgatya 'rājāṃściraṃ jīva' ityāśiṣaṃ prayujya 'bho rājannahaṃ kuṭumbī brāhmaṇaḥ, paraṃ daridraḥ, sarvatra bhikṣāṭanaṃ karomi | tathāpyudaraṃ na pūryate| 'ato yathā mama dāridryaṃ nivarteta tathā prasādaḥ kriyatām' iti  
prārthayat | tacchrutvā rājāpi dayārdrahṛdayo bhāskaradattaṃ kuṇḍaladvayaṃ tasmai samarpya  
'bho brāhmaṇottama bhagavatā savitrā mama samarpitametatkuṇḍaladvayaṃ pratidinamekaṃ  
suvarṇabhāraṃ dadyāt | anena dāridyaduḥkhamapanīya sukhī bhavatu bhavān' ityuktvā  
taṃ preṣayāmāsa | svayamapyujjayinīmagamat | " iti kathāṃ pāñcālikayā kathitāmākarṇya bhojastūṣṇīmāsa  
ityaṣṭādaśamupākhyānam  
athaikonaviṃśamupākhyānam

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