[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) › 6.2-4 # Vikramarkacaritra 6.2-4 Vikramārkacaritra 6.2-4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.2-4) iti ataḥ, itaḥ paramapivā tvaṃ madīyamupadeśamanusṛtya svacchandavṛttiṃ parityajya yadi vidyāmabhyasyasi tadā tava śreyo bhavet | ahamapi tvayā kṛtārtho bhaveyam' iti | itthaṃ pitṛvacanaṃ samākarṇya paścāttāpasantapto'nargalaḥ 'yatra kutrāpi deśe vidyāmabhyasya jñānaṃ saṃpādya pitṛmukhamavalokayiṣye' iti niścitya deśāntaraṃ jagāma | tatra kasyacidācāryasya kṛpayā sarvāṇi śāstrāṇyadhītya samutpannajñāno nijaṃnagaraṃ pratyāgacchanmārge madhye'raṇyaṃ kamapi devālayamapaśyat | tatsamīpe ca padmaṣaṇḍamaṇḍitaṃ cakravākamithunālaṃkṛtamativimalodakaṃ kiṃcitsarovaramadrākṣīt | tasya caikadeśe'tisantaptamudakamadṛśyata tacca dṛṣṭvānargalaḥ 'kimetat ?' iti manasi vicintayaṃstatropaviveśa | tataḥ sūryo'stamagāt | ardharātre ca taptodakamadhyādaṣṭau divyastriyo nirjagmuḥ nirgatya ca devālayaṃ gatvā devasyāvāhanādīnṣoḍaśopacārānkṛtvā vṛttagītādibhirdevamatoṣayan | tato devaḥ prasanno bhūtvā tābhyaḥ prasādamayacchat | etatsarvamanargalaḥ paśyanprabhātasamaye nirgamanavelāyāṃ tābhirvyaloki | tadā tāsāṃmekā jagāda - 'bhoḥ saumya, ehi | asmannagaraṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ' iti | so'pi 'bāḍham' iti tābhiḥ saha gacchaṃstaptodakamadhyaṃ praviṣṭāmu tāsu svayaṃ bhayādapasṛtya svanagaramāgatya pitṛpramukhānsarvānbandhūnapaśyat | paredyuśca rājadarśanārthaṃ gatvā rājānaṃ praṇamyopaviveśa | tadā rājā sakutūhalaṃ tamapṛcchat'bho anargala, etāvantaṃ kālaṃ kutra nyavātsīḥ ? iti | anargalaḥ pratyavadat - 'vidyābhyāsārthaṃ deśāntare kālamanayam' iti | rājā punarapṛcchat 'deśāntare kiṃ kimapūrvaṃ tvayā dṛṣṭam ?' iti | tato'nargalastatsodakavṛttāntamakathayat | tacchrutvā rājā tena saha tatsthānaṃ gatavān | sūryaścāstaṃ jagāma | ardharātrasamaye ca tā divyastriyastasodakamadhyānrirgatya devasamīpaṃ gatvā pūjāṃ vidhāya nṛttagītādinā devaṃ prasādya tatprasādaṃ ca samavāpya prabhāte nyavartanta | tadānīṃ tāsāṃ madhye kācidaṅganā rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā samavadat - 'bhoḥ saumya, ehi | asmannagaraṃ gacchāmaḥ' iti | tacchrutvā rājā tā anujagāma | tāḥ sarvāḥ taptodakāntaḥ praviśya pātāle nijanagaraṃ jagmuḥ | rājāpi dhairyamavalambyautsukyāttaptodakaṃ praviśya sahaiva tābhirjagāma | tatastā mahāsattvaṃ tamavalokya vismitāḥ procuḥ - 'bho mahādhīra ko bhavān ?' iti | vikramaḥ prāha - 'ahamujjayinīpatiḥ | etatkutūhalaṃ draṣṭuṃ bhavatībhiśca samāhūtaḥ samāgato'smi' iti | tatastāḥ procuḥ - 'bho mahāsattva vayaṃ prasannāḥ smaḥ | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | rājā 'bhavatyaḥ kāḥ ?' iti papraccha tāśca 'vayamaṣṭa mahāsiddhayaḥ' iti pratyūcuḥ | rājā 'tarhi mahyamaṣṭau siddhīrdiśata' iti prārthayata | tatastā rājñe'ṣṭau ratnāni daduḥ | so'pi tānyaṣṭasiddhiyuktāni ratnāni gṛhītvā taptodakānnirgatya svanagaramājagāma | tāvanmārge kaścidbrāhmaṇaḥ samāgatya, utpanno nābhikamale hareryarutuḍānanaḥ sa pātu satataṃ yuṣmānvedānāṃmarthaparāgaḥ - [Previous: 6.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-5) - [Next: 6.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.1-6) - [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.21.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.2-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.6.2-4) · Pramāṇa