[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) › 8.1-4.3 # Vikramarkacaritra 8.1-4.3 Vikramārkacaritra 8.1-4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.1-4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4.3) iti | tacchrutvā paramādbhutāviṣṭacetā vikramaḥ kathamapyaṅgīcakāra | so'pi vikramahaste praṇayinīṃ samarpya taṃ praṇamya jhaḍiti gaganamutpapāta | tāvadākāśe 're māraya ghātaya' ityevaṃ ghoratarā vāgaśrūyata | sarve'pi sabhyā yugapadunnamitavadanāḥ sakautukamapaśyan | tadanantaraṃ muhūrtātparaṃ rājasamakṣaṃ kṛpāṇaṃ vahanmadhiradhārāstrapitaśca bāhureko divaḥ papāta | rājāpi tadvilokya sabhyānavādīt "mahānayaṃ vīraḥ saṅgrāme pratibhaṭainyapātyata | tasyaikaḥ sakhaṅgo bāhuratra patitaḥ' iti | atrāntare kabandho nyapatat | anantaraṃ śiro'pyapatat taddṛṣṭvā sā vanitā saṃkaruṇaṃ rājānamavādīt - 'deva mama bhartā samarāṅgaṇe yudhyamānaḥ śatrubhirnihataḥ | tasyāyaṃ kabandhaḥ sakhaṅgo'yaṃ bāhuridaṃ śiraśca| ato mama bhartāraṃ yāvadamarastriyo na vṛṇvate tāvadahaṃ gamiṣyāmi | dīyatāṃ hutāśiḥ' iti | evaṃ tasyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rājābravīt - 'ayi putri kimarthamagniṃ pravekṣyasi ? | tvāmahaṃ nijatanayāmiva paripālayyāmi | rakṣādyaka śarīram' iti | vanitā prāha - 'deva sarvajñena bhavatāpi kimevamabhidhīyate ? | yadarthametaccharīraṃ sa me svāmī daśāmimāmanubhavati | itaḥ paraṃ kasya kṛte śarīramidaṃ rakṣiṣyāmi ? | 'pramadāḥ pativartmagāḥ' ityayaṃ sanātanaḥ strīṇāṃ dharmaḥ | tathā hi vadanti — śaśinā saha yāti kaumudī saha meghana taḍitpralīyate pramadāḥ pativartmagā iti pratipannaṃ hi vicetanairapi - [Previous: 8.1-4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4.2) - [Next: 8.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.2-2) - [Up: 8.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.30.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4.3) · Pramāṇa