Vikramarkacaritra 7.2.1

7.2.1

kartuṃ na śekuḥ | tataste pratinagarametya prājñebhyo nyavedayan | paraṃ na ko'pi
nirṇaituṃ prababhūva | atha catvāro'pyujjayinīṃ samāgamya vikramasabhāṃ praviśya
vṛttāntamakathayan | tadā vikramenāpi vibhāgārtho na jñāyate sma | tadanantaramekadā pratiṣṭhānanagaramāgatāste tatratyebhyo janebhyo jagaduḥ | tairapi nirṇayo
na kṛtaḥ | tatastasminneva nagare kumbhakāragṛhe sthitaḥ śālīvāhano'muṃ vṛttāntamākarṇya tatrāgatya bhaṇati sma— 'bhoḥ saumyāḥ kimatra durbodhamasti ?
ete catvāra ekasyaiva putrāḥ | jīvannevaiṣāṃ pitā jyeṣṭhānukrameṇa vibhāgaṃ kṛtavān | asya ca vibhāgasyāyamarthaḥ— 'yato jyeṣṭhasya mṛttikā dattā tataḥ
sarvā'pi bhūmiratasmai datteti jñāyatām | dvitīyasya ca palālo dattaḥ | tena
sarvamapi dhānyaṃ tasmai dattam | tṛtīyasyāṅgāro dattaḥ | tena sarvamapi suvarṇaṃ
tasmai dattam | caturthasya tvasthīni dattāni | tena ca sarvāṇi godhanāni tasmai
dattāni' iti | itthaṃ śālīvāhanena kṛtaṃ vibhāganirṇayamavadhārya santuṣṭāścatvāro bhrātaraḥ svanagaraṃ jagmuḥ | vikramo'pīmaṃ vibhāganirṇayaṃ śrutvātivismitaḥ
pratiṣṭhānanagaramahājanānprati patrikāmekāṃ preṣayāmāsa — 'svasti | śrīmato
yajanayājanādhyayanādhyāpanadānapratigrahākhyaṣaṭkarmaniratāndyamaniyamādiguṇa -
gaṇagariṣṭhānpratiṣṭhānanagaranivāsino mahājanānkuśalapraśnapūrvakaṃ rājā vikramo
vijñāpayati— 'bhavatāṃ nagare caturṇāṃ vaṇikputrāṇāṃ vibhāganirṇayo yena