TITUS
Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 10
Chapter: S2
2.
Story
of
the
Second
Statuette
The
brahman
's
unsuccessful
sacrifice
Brief
Recension
of
2
Paragraph: 1
Line: 1
atʰā
'nyasmin
muhūrte
rājā
siṅhāsane
yāvad
upaviśati
,
tāvad
dvitīyaputrikayo
Line: 2
'ktam
:
rājann
asmiṅ
siṅhāsane
teno
'paveṣṭavyam
,
yasya
vikramārkasye
'va
sattvam
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audaryaṃ
ca
bʰavati.
tāvad
rājnā
proktam
:
vr̥ttāntaṃ
katʰaya.
putrikayo
'ktam
:
Line: 4
ākarṇaya
bʰojarāja
!
Line: 5
yaḥ
kaścid
apūrvām
aścaryakautūhalamayīṃ
vārttāṃ
katʰayati
,
tasmai
rājā
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vikramarko
niṣkasahasraṃ
dadāti.
etasminn
avasare
ko
'pi
deśāntarād
āgataḥ
Line: 7
katʰayati
:
rajann
ahaṃ
deśāntarād
āgato
'smi.
tatra
citrakūṭācalo
'sti
;
tatra
ramyaṃ
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tapovanam
asti.
tasminn
āśāpurā
devatā
'sti.
tatrai
'ko
brāhmaṇo
havanaṃ
kurvann
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asti
,
na
jñāyate
kiyan
kālo
jātaḥ
,
araṇya
eka
eva
,
ukto
'pi
na
bʰāṣate.
tatra
parvata/madʰyād
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udakaṃ
vahati.
tatra
dʰārāyāṃ
yadi
snānaṃ
kriyate
,
tadā
puṇyapāpayoḥ
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pravibʰago
drśyate.
tato
vārttām
ākarṇya
rājā
tasmin
stʰāne
gataḥ.
rājā
kare
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karavalaṃ
kr̥tvo
'nnaddʰapādaḥ
san
devatāyatanaṃ
prāptaḥ.
tīrtʰe
susnāto
bʰūtvā
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devatādarśanaṃ
kr̥tavān.
tato
homaśālāyāṃ
gataḥ.
tatra
vipro
havanaṃ
karoti.
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tato
bahis
tyaktā
vibʰūtisamuccayāḥ
parvataprāyā
dr̥ṣṭāḥ.
tato
rājñā
bʰaṇitam
:
Line: 15
bʰo
vipra
,
havanaṃ
kurvato
bʰavataḥ
kiyān
kālo
jātaḥ
?
vipreṇo
'ktam
:
rājan
,
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varṣaśataṃ
jātam
;
tatʰā
'pi
devatā
na
prasīdati.
tato
rājñā
nijakareṇā
'hutir
agni/mukʰe
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hutā
;
tatʰā
'pi
sā
devatā
na
prasīdati.
tato
rājā
kʰaḍgena
nijamastakaṃ
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cʰittvā
yāvaj
juhoti
,
tāvad
devatā
prasannā
jātā
prāha
:
rājan
,
varaṃ
varaya.
rājno
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'ktam
:
iyaddinaṃ
kliśyato
brāhmaṇasya
katʰam
iti
na
prasannā
'si
?
devyo
'ktam
:
Line: 20
asya
viprasya
cittaṃ
niścalaṃ
na
hi.
uktaṃ
ca
:
Strophe: 1
Verse: a
aṅgulyagreṇa
yaj
japtaṃ
,
yaj
japtaṃ
merulaṅgʰane
,
Verse: b
vyagracittena
yaj
japtam
,
tat
sarvaṃ
nispʰalaṃ
bʰavet.
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Strophe: 2
Verse: a
na
devo
vidyate
kāṣṭʰe
,
na
pāṣāṇe
na
mr̥nmaye
;
Verse: b
bʰāveṣu
vidyate
devas
,
tasmād
bʰāvo
hi
kāraṇam.
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Strophe:
Verse:
Paragraph: 2
Line: 1
rājño
'ktam
:
yadi
devi
prasannā
'si
,
tarhy
asya
viprasya
manoratʰaṃ
pūraya.
tato
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devya
brāhmaṇasya
kāmanā
pūritā.
rājā
svanagaraṃ
gataḥ
;
lokair
jayajayakāraḥ
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kr̥taḥ.
Line: 4
īdr̥śī
katʰā
puttalikayā
katʰitā.
rajann
īdr̥śam
audaryam
yadi
tava
bʰavati
,
Line: 5
tarhy
asmin
sim̐hāsana
upaveṣṭavyam.
Line: 6
iti
dvitīyā
katʰā
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TITUS
edition of
Vikramacarita (BR)
.
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TITUS Project
, Frankfurt a/M, 22.4.2012. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.
