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kutastyaḥ ?' iti ca | aindrajālikaḥ 'ahaṃ mahendrasevakaḥ | kasmiṃścidaparādhe mahendreṇa śapto bhūmau vasāmi | iyaṃ ca mama preyasī | adya nākaloke devānāṃ pūrvadevānāṃ ca mahadyuddhaṃ pravartate | mayā tatra gantavyam | ayaṃ ca vikramabhūpālaḥ paranārīsahodara ityaśrauṣam | ato'hamasya savidhe priyāmimāṃ nikṣipya gantumabhilaṣāmi ' ### [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 ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.29.p3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-4) · Pramāṇa