[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) › 8.1-3 # Vikramarkacaritra 8.1-3 Vikramārkacaritra 8.1-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-3) iti naraḥ patitakāyo'pi yaśaḥkāyena jīvati || iti ca ato'kathamidānīṃ svaśarīraviniyogaḥ kāryaḥ |' iti | evaṃ vicārya mahājanānupetya papraccha - 'dīnavadano'yaṃ vaideśikaḥ kutra mahājñīyate ?' iti | janāḥ procuḥ - 'amuṃ vetālavalinimittaṃ nayāmaḥ ' iti | rājā 'asyopaharaṇe kiṃ kāraṇam ?' iti punarapṛcchat | mahājanāḥ 'devatānena puruṣopahāreṇa prītā sattvasmanmanorathaṃ pūrayiṣyati' iti pratyucuḥ | rājā prāha - 'bho mahājanāḥ, ayamasahāyastyajatuḥ | paraṃ bhītaśca | asyopahāreṇa devatāyāḥ kā nāma tṛptirbhaviṣyati ? | ato'muṃ muñcantu bhavantaḥ | ahamapi vaideśika eva | puṣṭāṅgaścāsmi | mamopahāreṇa devatātatīva tuṣṭā bhavet tasmānmāṃ tatra nayata' iti | tataste'pi bhītaṃ vaideśikaṃ muktvā rājānaṃ devatāsamakṣaṃ ninyuḥ | rājāpi prasannamukhaḥ svakaṇṭhena devatāṃ prīṇayituṃ kaṇṭhe yāvatkhaṅgaṃ cikṣepa tāvaddevatā varaṃ santuṣṭā sākṣarūpaṃ pratyakṣatanuṃ samāśliṣya jagāda- 'bho mahāsattva tavānena dhairyeṇa paropakāraśīlatayā cātīva prasannāsmi | īpsitaṃ prārthayasva' iti | ato rājā 'devi yadi prasannāsi tadadyaprabhṛti puruṣamāṃsopahāraṃ parivyaja' iti prārthayāmāsa | devatāpi tathetyuktvāntardadhau | atha mahājanāḥ paramānandabharitahṛdayāḥ 'mahāpuruṣa ko bhavān ? kasya deśo bhavān bhūpalo ?' iti rājānaṃ papracchuḥ | rājā 'vikramārkamāyaṃ māṃ vadanti | ujjayinī nagarī me nivāsaḥ' iti pratyuvāca tacchrutvā pūrvameva viditatanmahimānaste mahājanāḥ prīteḥ parāṃ kāṣṭhāmadhiruhya vikramaṃ bahubhiḥ prakāraiḥ saṃpūjya kāniciddināni tatraiva vastuṃ prārthayāmāsuḥ so'pi teṣāṃ prārthanāmamurudhya tatra dvitrāṇi dinānyuṣitvā tato nirgatya svabandhumitraparijanāḥ pūrvaṃ yatra sthāpitāstannagaramāgamya taiḥ saha vārāṇasīṃ prāpya samīhitaṃ gaṅgāsnānādikaṃ samanuṣṭhāya krameṇojjayinīmāgamat |” iti pāñcālikayā prapañcitāṃ karṇayoramṛtadhārāvarṣiṇīṃ kathāṃ śrutvā bhojo maunī babhūva ityaṣṭāviṃśamupākhyānam athaikonatriṃśamupākhyānam bhūyo'pi kadācitsamāgataṃ bhojarājamaparā pāñcālikā nivārya vyājahāra — nedaṃ bhadrāsanamadhiṣṭhātumarhati bhavān | śrūyatāṃ vikramārkasya mahimā “sa hi nikhilabhūpālamaulilālitapādakamalo mahīpālamaṇirekadā samānavayobhiḥ svamitraiśca rājakumāraiḥ saṃsevyamānaḥ sabhāyāmupaviveśa | tadā ca kaścana stutipāṭhakaḥ samāgatya taṃ praṇamya , yāvatsthāsyati pṛthvīyaṃ yāvaccandrādivākarau tāvatputraiśca pautraiśca bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ mahīpate - [Previous: 8.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-2) - [Next: 8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.2) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-3) · Pramāṇa