Vikramarkacaritra 6.1-3.3

6.1-3.3

viveśa | vikramo'pi taṃ pṛṣṭhato'nudhāvanbahirardhaṃ. niṣkramya svayamapi bilaṃ praviveśa | tato mahatyandhakāre sudūraṃ gatvā mahāntaṃ prakāśamapaśyat | tataḥ
kiṃcidivātikramya nagaramekaṃ suvarṇaprākāramabhraṅkaṣaprāsādopaśobhitaṃ devāyatanaihrapavanaiścālaṃkṛtaṃ samastavastusaṃpūrṇavipaṇi ramaṇīyaṃ dhanikalokasamākulaṃ nānāvilāsinījanasaṃsevyamānamatimanoharamapaśyat | atha kathamapi praviśya
vipaṇimadhye gacchannatimanoharaṃ haraśikharisahodaraṃ rājabhavanamapaśyat | tatra
virocanasuto balī rājyaṃ kurvannāsta | rājāpi tatsabhāṃ praviśya siṃhāsanopaviṣṭena balinā jhaḍiti samāliṅgito'tiramaṇīye bhadrāsane samupaveśitaḥ
anantaraṃ balī vikramamaprākṣīt — 'sakhe kutra te nivāsaḥ ? | kāni tava
nāmākṣarāṇi ? | kathamiva duravagāhaminaṃ pradeśaṃ praviṣṭo'si ?' iti | rājā
prāha- 'vikramātmānaṃ māmāhuḥ | ujjayinī me nivāsaḥ | bhavatsandarśanārthaṃ kamapi varāhamalusarankathamapi samāgato'smi' iti | balirāha- 'dhanyo'smi | adya saphalā me manorathāḥ' iti | vikramaḥ pratyabhāṣata- 'rājanbhavānparamapāvanāntaḥkaraṇaḥ | tavaiva jīvitaṃ ślāghyam, yataḥ sākṣādvaikuṇṭhabhavano nārāyaṇastava mārgaṇatāmālalambe' iti | balī jagāda- 'yadi bhavānmitramasi tarhi madīyaṃ kimapi vastu bhavatā grāhyam' iti | vikramaḥ'bhavadanugrahādahamapi pūrṇakāmo'smi' iti pratyāha | balī 'sakhe maivam
etadeva hi bandhulakṣaṇam | tathā coktamdadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyamākhyāti pṛcchati
bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva ṣaḍvidhaṃ bandhulakṣaṇam