[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) › 7.4 # Vikramarkacaritra 7.4 Vikramārkacaritra 7.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.4) iti ca athaikadā suranagaryāṃ bhadrāsanamalaṃkurvāṇe sahasrākṣe, aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi maharṣayaḥ , trayastriṃśatkoṭayo devāḥ , aṣṭau lokapālāḥ , ekonapañcāśanmarudgaṇāḥ , dvādaśādityāḥ , candrāṅgārakādayo nava grahāḥ , nāradādayo divyarṣayaḥ , menakāprabhṛtayo'psarasaḥ , sarve gandharvādayo gaṇāśca tamasevanta | tadānīṃ ca nāradaḥ ‘vikramasadṛśaḥ paropakārī mahāsattvasaṃpanno vā narapatirbhūmaṇḍale nāsti’ iti sabhāyāṃ prastāvādrāṭ | tadākarṇya sā sabhā paraṃ vismayamāyayau tadā kāmadhenurācabhāṣe — ‘bhoḥ sabhyāḥ kimatra vismayanīyamasti ? | yataḥ , dāne tapasi vīrye ca vijñāne vinaye naye vismayo naiva kartavyo bahuratnā vasundharā - [Previous: 7.3-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.3-3) - [Next: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.5) - [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.26.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.7.4) · Pramāṇa