[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) › 7.2.3 # Vikramarkacaritra 7.2.3 Vikramārkacaritra 7.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.3) sasmāra | śeṣo'pi sarvānsarpānpreṣayāmāsa | tairāśīviṣairdṛṣṭamātrameva vikramasainyaṃ nikhilaṃ bhūmau nipapāta | tato vikramaḥ samarāṅgaṇāgnivṛtya svasainyasamujjīvanārthaṃ tīrthodake varṣamekaṃ vāsukiṃ prati vratamanvatiṣṭhat | vāsukiśca prasanno bhūtvā babhāṣe 'bho rājanvaraṃ vṛṇīṣva' iti | rājā 'bhoḥ sarparāja yadi prasanno'si tarhi bhujaṅgamaviṣavegena mūrcchitaṃ mama sainyaṃ saṃjībaya' iti varamavṛṇīta | vāsukirapi tasmā amṛtaghaṭamekamadāt | vikramastaṃ gṛhītvā satvaro yāvadāgamanna tāvadbrāhmaṇaḥ kaścitsamāgatya rājan 'ciraṃ jīva' ityāśiṣaṃ prāmuṅka | tato rājā 'bho brāhmaṇa kutaḥ samāgato'si' ityapṛcchat brāhmaṇaḥ 'pratiṣṭhānanagarādāgacchāmi' ityāha | 'yattvayā yācyate tadahaṃ dāsyāmi' iti rājā pratijajñe | brāhmaṇaḥ ' bhavānarthijanacintāmaṇiḥ, yataścintitaṃ vastuṃ dātuṃ prabhavasi | ato mahyamayamāmṛtakumbhaḥ pradīyatām' ityayācata | tacchrutvā rājā 'kena bhavānpreṣitaḥ? iti brāhmaṇaṃ papraccha | brāhmaṇaḥ ' ahaṃ śālīvāhanena preṣitaḥ' iti śaṃsavahrata | tato rājā vicārayāmāsa- ' mayā pūrvamasmai viprāya yācitaṃ vastu dāsyāmīti pratijñātam idānīṃ yadi na dīyate'pakīrtiradharmo'pi syāt | ataḥ sarvathā dātavyameva ' iti | brāhmaṇaḥ ' rājankiṃ vicāryate ? | bhavānsajjanaḥ | sajjanāśca dvinnaṃ bhāṣante | tathā coktam - udayati yadi bhānuḥ paścime digvibhāge pracalati yadi meruḥ śītatāṃ yāti vahniḥ vikasati yadi padmaṃ parvatāgre śilāyāṃ bhavati tadanṛtaṃ vai bhāṣitaṃ sajjanānām - [Previous: 7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.2) - [Next: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.3) - [Up: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.6718) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.24.9) — 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.7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2.3) · Pramāṇa