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Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 8
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Chapter: F8 
VIII. Frame-Story: Eighth Section
Bhoja 's first attempt to mount the throne

Brief Recension of viii [this, in mss. of br, immediately follows v]


Paragraph: 1 
Line: 1    evaṃ mantrivacanaṃ niśamya saṃtuṣṭo rājā sim̐hāsanam ādāya nagaraṃ praviṣṭah.
Line: 2    ato 'pūrvasahasrastambʰabʰavanaṃ racayitvā tatra sim̐hāsanaṃ pratiṣṭʰāpitam.
Line: 3    tato ramyaṃ muhūrtam avalokya sim̐hāsana upaveṣṭum abʰiṣekāya saṃbʰr̥tiḥ
Line: 4    kāritā, dūrvācandanagorocanādīni śubʰadravyāṇi saṃgamitāni, nānāvidʰāni pʰalāny
Line: 5    ānītāni, vyāgʰracarmani saptadvīpāvatī pr̥tʰivy ākr̥tā, samīpe kʰaḍgacʰattracāma/rāṇi
Line: 6    stʰāpitāni, vedavido viprā vam̐śāvalīvido vandinaś cā 'kāritāḥ, ullāsadāyakāni
Line: 7    vāditrāṇi sajjīkr̥tāni, pativratāḥ putravatyaḥ puṇyastriya ujjvalamangalārātrika/pānaya
Line: 8    āyātāḥ. tāvan muhūrtikeno 'ktam: rājan, muhūrtavelā 'tikrāmati, vegaḥ
Line: 9    kriyatām. evaṃ śrutvā rājā sim̐hāsanam āroḍʰuṃ calitaḥ. yāvat sinhāsana upavi/śati,
Line: 10    tāvad ekasyāḥ puttalikāyā vācā jātā: rājan, asmin sim̐hāsane no 'paveṣṭavyam.
Line: 11    yasya vikramārkasya sadr̥śam audāryaṃ bʰavati, teno 'paveṣṭavyam. rājño 'ktam:


Strophe: 1 
Verse: a    aucityamātrato lakṣaṅ sāgraṃ yaccʰāmy ahaṃ vasu;
Verse: b    vadānyo 'smi; vadānyo 'sti mattaḥ kaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ? \\1\\
Strophe:   Verse:  


Paragraph: 2 
Line: 1    aham ucite sagraṃ lakṣaṃ dadāmi, mattaḥ ko 'para udaro 'sti? katʰaya! tāvat
Line: 2    puttalikayo 'ktam:


Strophe: 2 
Verse: a    kadaryam etad audāryaṃ, svakīyaṃ svayam eva yat
Verse: b    bʰavan vadati; ko nindyo vidyate tvādr̥śaḥ paraḥ? \\2\\
Strophe:   Verse:  


Paragraph: 3 
Line: 1    rājan, ātmadattaṃ svamukʰena yaḥ katʰayati, sa nindyo bʰavati. tasmād yadi
Line: 2    tvam ātmānaṃ dātāraṃ kʰyāpayasi, ātmadattam anuvadasi, tarhi tvam *evā 'praśaṅ/sanīyo
Line: 3     'si. tato rājñā bʰaṇitam: katʰaya vikramarkasya kīdr̥śam audāryam.





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