[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) › 6.1-3.2 # Vikramarkacaritra 6.1-3.2 Vikramārkacaritra 6.1-3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1-3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.2) bhūyo'pi kadācitsihāsanasamārurukṣayā samāgataṃ bhojamahīpālamaparā sālabhañjikā nivārya bhaṇati sma—" mahīpāla śrūyatām | vikrame ratnākaramekhalāmimāṃ śāsati sarve'pi lokāḥ paramānandaparipūrṇahṛdayāḥ samabhūvan brāhmaṇāḥ ṣaṭkarmaniratāḥ, striyaḥ pativratāḥ, śatāyuṣaḥ puruṣāḥ, vṛkṣāḥ sadā phalakusumabharitāścāsan | parjanyaḥ kāle varṣati sma | mahī sarvaphaladā samabhavat | lokānāṃ sarvabhūteṣu dayā, pāpādbhītiḥ, atithipūjāyāmādaraḥ, gurusevāyāṃmāsaktiḥ, satpātrebhyo yathocitavitaraṇaṃ ca samabhūt | itthaṃ mahīṃ pālayansa bhūpālaḥ kadācitsabhāyāṃ mumanobhiḥ saha tattacchāstrārthānvicārayannāsta | tadā vandino vividhāvadānāni peṭhuḥ | mallāḥ punaḥ svabhujabaḷamadarśayan | anye ca bahavaḥ kalākuśalāstattatkalāyāṃ teṣāṃ kauśalaṃ prākāśayan | etasminsamaye kaścinmṛgavadhājīvaḥ samāgatya rājānaṃ praṇamya sapraśrayaṃ vyajijñapat — 'deva, araṇye kaścidañjanācalasaṅkāśo mahānvarāhaḥ katipayairdivasaiḥ paribhramati | vanaikavasaterasyāpi janasyāśrutapūrvo'yamīdṛśo jantuḥ kiṃ punaradṛṣṭacara iti | tadeṣa duṣṭamṛgo devasya dṛṣṭipathamavataritumarhati' iti tacchrutvā rājā tadaiva rājakumāraiḥ saha vanaṃ viveśa | praviśya ca nadītaṭe kutrāpi nikuñjāntare śayānaṃ taṃ sūkaramapaśyat | tadānīṃ ca sa sūkaro mṛgayūnāṃ kolāhalaṃ śrutvā ghurghurāravamukharo nirjagāma | tataḥ sarve'pi rājakumārā ahamahamikayā svahastakauśalāni darśayanto nānāvidhānyāyudhāni tadupari cikṣipuḥ | sa ca tānyagaṇayanpaśyatāmeva śūrāṇāṃ kamapi parvatakandaraṃ - [Previous: 6.1-3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.1) - [Next: 6.1-3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.3) - [Up: 6.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.2) · Pramāṇa