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| 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 ### [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 ## Linked texts (3) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.26.1) — Sanskrit - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.6718) — 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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.2) · Pramāṇa