[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) › 7.2.2 # Vikramarkacaritra 7.2.2 Vikramārkacaritra 7.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.2) kṛtaḥ so'smadantike preṣayitavyaḥ' iti | tato mahājanā rājñā preṣitāṃ patrikāṃ samavalokya śālīvāhanamāhūyāvādiṣuḥ— 'śālīvāhana, rājādhirājaḥ pratāpaśālī pratyarthipṛthvīpatisahasranamaskṛtacaraṇasahasrapatraḥ śrīvikramādityamahārājaḥ ujjayinīnagarāvataṃsaḥ sakalārthilokakalpavṛkṣaḥ tvāṃ draṣṭumicchati | atastatra tvayā gantavyam' iti | śālīvāhanaḥ prāha— 'vikramo nāma rājā kiyān ? | tenāhaṃ samāhūto na gacchāmi | yadi tasya prayojanamasti svayameva sa āgacchatu | mama tadantike kimapi phalaṃ nāsti' iti | tacchrutvā mahājanāḥ patrikāmukhena vikramāya tadabhiprāyaṃ nivedayāmāsuḥ | tato vikramaḥ patrikāṃ samyagavalokya krodhānalena dedīpyamānavigraho'ṣṭādaśākṣauhiṇībalena puraskṛtaḥ pratiṣṭhānanagaraṃ samabhyetya śālīvāhanasya kamapi dūtaṃ praiṣayat | dūto'pi śālīvāhanamabhyupetya ' bhoḥ śālīvāhana sakalarājyādhirājo vikramastvāṃ samāhvayati' ityāha | śālīvāhanaḥ ' nāhamekākī vikramaṃ drakṣyāmi ; caturaṅgabalasametastu samarāṅgaṇe vikramaṃ paśyeyam ' ityāha | tato dūtastadājñayaṃ rājñe nyavedayat | vikramaśca tadākarṇya yuddhāya sannaraṅgamājagāma | śālīvāhano'pi kumbhakāragṛhe mṛnmayaṃ hastyaśvarathapādātèṃ mantreṇa sajīvaṃ kṛtvā tena balena samarāṅgaṇamavamagāhe | anantaramubhayoḥ sainyayoḥ saṅkulaṃ yuddhaṃ samabhūt | śālīvāhanasainyaṃ sarvamapi vikrameṇa vinipātitam | anantaraṃ śālīvāhano vikramabalamasahamāno'tivihvalaśca saṃśvintāsamākulaḥ 'āpadi māṃ smara' iti pitṛvattaṃ varaṃ smṛtvā śeṣaṃ nāgendraṃ - [Previous: 7.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.1) - [Next: 7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.3) - [Up: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.26.1) — Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.11.32.36-2.p3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.2) · Pramāṇa