Vikramarkacaritra 8.4-2.p1.2

8.4-2.p1.2

digambarasyāṇimādayo'ṣṭa siddhayo bhaviṣyanti | ato yadā sa digambaro namaskartuṃ tvāmādiśati tadā tvam 'ahaṃ sārvabhaumaḥ | sarve rājāno māṃ praṇamanti
mayā tu na kadāpi praṇāmaḥ kṛtaḥ | ato'haṃ praṇantuṃ na jāne | prathamaṃ tvameva
praṇāmamanuṣṭhāya darśaya' iti brūhi | tataḥ sa yadā praṇāmāya namro bhaviṣyati tadā tvaṃ tasya śiraśchinddhi | ahaṃ tatra brahmā bhūtvā havanaṃ pūrayiṣyāmi
tena ca tavāṣṭa mahāsiddhayo vaśaṃvadā bhaviṣyanti ” | iti | evaṃ vetālena
bodhito vikramastathaiva kṛtavān | tato vetālaḥ svayaṃ havanaṃ nirvartya digambarasya śiraḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ brahmārpaṇaṃ vidhāyāṇimādīraṣṭa mahāsiddhī rājasātkṛtvā jagāda — ‘vikramamahīpāla tavāhaṃ prasanno'smi varaṃ vṛṇīṣva’
iti | rājāpi ‘yadi mama prasanno jāto'si tarhīmaṃ digambaraṃ samuddhara | yadā
cāhaṃ tvāṃ smariṣyāmi tadā tvaṃ saṃnidhātumarhasi’ iti prārthayata | vetālo'pi tatheti pratijñāya digambaraṃ samuddhṛtya nijaniveśaṃ viveśa | vikramo'pi
tasmai digambarāya tā aṣṭa mahāsiddhīrdattvā svanagaraṃ viveśa ” | iti sāḷabhañjikākathitāṃ kathāṃ śrutvā bhojastāmāha — ‘satyamāha bhavatī | nāhaṃ vikramasārvabhaumasya śatatamīmapi kalāmarhāmi | vṛthaivāyamudyamo mayā bahuvāramakāri’ iti | evamuktvā mlānavadano nijajanma garhayanyathāgataṃ nivṛvṛte
ityekatriṃśamupākhyānam
atha dvātriṃśamupākhyānam
bhūyo'pi bhojabhūpālaṃ jñātvāpi vikramamahimānaṃ tadīyasiṃhāsanamāroḍhuṃ samāgate kāpi pāñcālikā nivārya jagāda — hanta, kathamiyaṃ te durāśā