[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) › 7.1-2 # Vikramarkacaritra 7.1-2 Vikramārkacaritra 7.1-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.1-2) iti itthaṃ daivajñavacanamākarṇya rājānāvṛṣṭinivāraṇārthaṃ kamapyupāyaṃ tamapṛcchat tato daivajñaḥ prāha—'sūryādīnnava grahānuddiśya kalpoktaprakāreṇa homo'nuṣṭhitaścedanāvṛṣṭisteṣāmanugraheṇa nivarteta' iti | anantaraṃ vikramaḥ śrotriyānbrāhmaṇānāhūya tebhyaḥ pūrvavṛttāntamuktvā tairhomaṃ kārayitumupacakrame | homasāmagrī sarvāpi saṃpāditā | brāhmaṇaiḥ kalpoktaprakāreṇa navagrahahavanamapi kṛtam | homasādguṇyārthaṃ pūrṇāhutirapi nirvartitā | divyavastrābharaṇādinā brāhmaṇāstoṣitāḥ | bhūridānena dīnāndhabadhirādayaśca saṃtuṣṭā babhūvuḥ | tathāpi vṛṣṭirna babhūva | sarve'pi lokāstathānāvṛṣṭyā paramaṃ kleśaṃ yayuḥ | rājāpi teṣāṃ kleśena svayaṃ kleśitaḥ sankadācidyajñaśālācchāyāmupaviśya cintākulaḥ samabhavat tadā kācidaśarīriṇī vāgevamudapadyata — 'rājanyadi vṛṣṭimabhilaṣasi tarhi puraḥ sthitadevālayavāsinyā āśāpūraṇīsamākhyāyā devatāyāḥ puro dvātriṃśallakṣaṇalakṣitasya mahāpuruṣasya kaṇṭharudhireṇa baliṃ dehi | tato vṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati' iti | tacchrutvā rājā devālayaṃ gatvā devatāṃ namaskṛtya kaṇṭhe khaḍgaṃ nyadadhāt | tāvattā devatā pratyakṣībhūya rājño hastaṃ gṛhītvā 'bho mahāvīra mahatānena tava dhairyeṇa prasannāsmi | īpsitaṃ prārthayasva' ityabhyabhāṣata rājāpi 'devi yadi prasannā bhavasi tademāmanāvṛṣṭiṃ nivāraya' iti prārthayāṃcakre | anantaraṃ devatā 'tathā kariṣyāmi' ityabhidhāyontaradhāt | tadanantarameva mahatī vṛṣṭiḥ prādurabhūt | lokāśca saṃtuṣṭā babhūvuḥ" iti kathāṃ pāñcālikāprapañcitāṃ samākarṇya dhārādhipatirbhojo nivṛttāśo vācaṃyamo babhūva iti pañcaviṃśamupākhyānam atha ṣaḍviṃśamupākhyānam bhūyo'pi kadācitsamupajātakūtūhale dhārādharaṇīdhurandhare siṃhāsanaṃ samadhiroḍhuṃ samupāgate kāpi pāñcālikā sopahāsamevaṃ jagāda — “ mahīpāla kimevaṃ nivṛttāśo gato'pi punaridaṃ vikramīyaṃ bhadrāsanaṃ samadhiroḍhuṃ samupāgato'si ? | adyāpi śṛṇu tasya mahimānam | sa hi bhūpālaḥ śauryaudāryadhairyādiṣu guṇeṣu devarājamapyatiśete | anyacca , yaduktaṃ tadanyathā na karoti yaccitte tiṣṭhati tadeva vadati | yadvācā vadati tadeva karmaṇā karoti | ataḥ sādhutamo'yaṃ vikramamahīpatiḥ | uktaṃ ca— yathā cittaṃ tathā vācā yathā vācā tathā kriyā citte vāci kriyāyāṃ ca sādhūnāmekarūpatā - [Previous: 7.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.3-2) - [Next: 7.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2-3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.26.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.1-2) · Pramāṇa