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Vikramarkacaritra 8.1-4.1

Vikramārkacaritra 8.1-4.1

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8.1-4.1

iti bahubhiḥ prakāraistuṣṭāva | tacchrutvā vikramaḥ ‘maddarśanena kaste smṛtipathamadhirūḍhaḥ ?’ iti papraccha | vandī prāha — ‘rājan, asti himavaduttarabhāge jambīranagare dhaneśvaro nāma kaścidbhūpālamaṇiḥ | sa tāvadarthināṃ dyaridryaṃ nivārya sarvāndhanapatīnkaroti | ekadā tena dhaneśvareṇa māghaśuddhasaptamyāṃ vasantapūjā vihitā | tatra dānārthamaṣṭādaśakoṭisuvarṇaṃ parikalpitavān
etādṛśaudāryaguṇagariṣṭhaḥ sa rājā tatra rājate | asmindeśe punarbhavāṃstādṛśaguṇo mayā dṛṣṭaḥ| atastava darśanena mama tasya smaraṇaṃ sañjātam' iti | tacchrutvā
vikramo bhāṇḍārikamāhūyaivaṃ samādiśat — 'amuṃ bhāṇḍāraṃ nītvā divyānyanekāni ratnāni grāhaya' iti | tataḥ kośādhyakṣastaṃ vandinaṃ bhāṇḍāraṃ nītvā
divyānyanekāni ratnānyadarśayat | stutipāṭhako'pi svepsitānyaṣṭau ratnāni
gṛhītvā paripūrṇamanoratho rājasamīpamāgatya bhaṇati sma— 'deva bhavatprasādādahaṃ dhanapatirjāto'smi | adya navāpi nidhayo mama hastagatā iva | hiraṇyagarbhādayo'pi bhavattulāṃ nādhirohanti' iti | evaṃ stutvā 'brahmāyurbhava '
ityāśiṣamabhidhāya nijanivāsamayāsīt | ” iti kathāṃ kathayitvā pāñcālikā bhojamapṛcchat — 'kimetādṛśamaudāryaṃ tvayi paśyasi ?' iti | tacchutvā rājā niruttaro babhūva
ityekonatriṃśamupākhyānam
atha triṃśamupākhyānam
bhūyo'pyekadā bhadrāsanamadhiroḍhumabhilaṣantaṃ dhārāmahīpālamanyā pratimā
niṣidhyābhaṇat — mahīpāla vikramasyaudāryaṃ śrūyatāṃ prathamam | paścādyadi

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