[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) › 6.1-3.3 # Vikramarkacaritra 6.1-3.3 Vikramārkacaritra 6.1-3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1-3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.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 - [Previous: 6.1-3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.2) - [Next: 6.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.2-2) - [Up: 6.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.6144) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.19.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-3.3) · Pramāṇa