[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) › 8.2-3 # Vikramarkacaritra 8.2-3 Vikramārkacaritra 8.2-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.2-3) ityāśiṣaṃ prayujya phalamekamadāt | atha rājānirdiṣṭamāsanamadhyāsīno vākṣamevamudañcayāmāsa - 'rājannahaṃ mārgaśīrṣacaturdaśyāṃ mahāśmaśāne devatāmuddiśya havanaṃ kariṣyāmi | bhavānhi paropakārī mahāsattvaśca | ato mayā kriyamāṇe home bhavatā sahakāriṇā bhavitavyam' iti | tato rājā 'mayā kiṃ kartavyam ?' ityanvayuṅka | digambaraḥ pratyavadat - 'mahāśmaśānasyānatidūre śamīpādapamūle kaścidvetālaḥ parivartate | sa tvayā maunena samānetavyaḥ' iti | rājā 'om' ityaṅgīcakāra | tataḥ kṣapaṇakaḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ homadravyāṇi saṃgṛhya mahāśmaśānavāṭamagāhata | rājāpi kṛpāṇapāṇirmahāśmaśānaṃ viveśa | tato digambaro vetālapariśrahārtha śamīmahīruhaṃ tasmai adarśayat rājāpi taṃ bhūruhaṃ prāpya vetālaṃ skandhe gṛhītvā mahāśmaśānaṃ pratyājagāma madhyemārgaṃ vetālastaṃ jagād—'bho rājanmārgaśramāpanayanāya kāpi kathā kathyatām' iti | rājā tu maunabhaṅgabhayāttūṣṇīṃ jagāma | anantaraṃ vetālaḥ 'rājanmaunabhaṅgamayānmayā na jalpasīti manye | ato'hameva kāmapi kathāṃ kathayāmi | avasāne ca madīyapraśnasyottaraṃ jānannapi maunabhaṅgabhayādyadi na kathayiṣyasi tarhi tava śiraḥ sahasradhā sphuṭiṣyati' iti bhaṇitvā kathāmimāṃ kathayitumārebhe—'rājandakṣiṇena himavantaṃ vindhyavatī nāma kācinnagarī cakāsti | tatra suvicāro nāma kaścidrājāvasat | tasya ca jayatseno nāma kaścitputraḥ | sa caikadākheṭāya mahadaraṇyamavagāhya tatra hariṇamekaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamanudhāvansudūramatipapāta | atha kathaṃcinnagaramārgamupalakṣya mandaṃ mandamekākī samāgacchanmadhye kāmapi taraṅgiṇīmadrākṣīt | tasyāstīre kaścidbrāhmaṇaḥ sāyantanaṃ karma samanutiṣṭhannāsīt | rājaputrastatsamīpaṃ gatvāvadat— 'bho brāhmaṇa yāvadahaṃ jalaṃ pibāmi tāvadamūmaśvaṃ gṛhāṇa' iti | brāhmaṇaḥ 'kiṃ tava preṣyo'hamaśvaṃ grahītum ?' ityapṛcchat | rājaputrastena praśnena sañjātakopaḥ kaśayā brāhmaṇamatāḍayat | brāhmaṇo'pi kaśātāḍanavyathāmasahamāno rājasamīpaṃ gatvā sarvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ nivedayāmāsa | tato rājā roṣāruṇalocanaḥ putraṃ svadeśānnirvāsayitumayattata | tasminnavasare tatsacivo rājānaṃ vyajijñapat— 'deva rājyabhārodvahanasamarthaṃ kumāraṃ kimiti deśānnirvāsayasi | nāhamidamucitaṃ manye' iti | tadā rājā mantriṇaṃ pratyuvāca—'sakhe samucitamevedamasya manye, yadayaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kaśayā jaghāna | buddhimatā hi puruṣeṇa brāhmaṇadveṣo na kāryaḥ | uktaṃ ca— na viṣaṃ bhakṣayetprājño na krīḍetpannagaiḥ saha na nindyadyogivṛndaṃ ca brahmadveṣaṃ na kārayet - [Previous: 8.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.1-6) - [Next: 8.3-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.3-3) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.31.3) — Sanskrit - [Kathākusumamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.kathakusumamanjari.2.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.8.2-3) · Pramāṇa