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Vikramacarita (BR)
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Chapter: S8 
8. Story of the Eighth Statuette
Vikrama causes a water-tank to be filled

Brief Recension of 8 [this, in mss. of br, is 9]


Paragraph: 1 
Line: 1    navamyā putrikayo 'ktam: rājann ākarṇaya.
Line: 2    ekadā rājā pr̥tʰvīṃ paryaṭan nagaragrāmadurgāni paśyann ekaṃ nagaram āgataḥ.
Line: 3    tatrai 'kena vanijā 'pātālaṃ saraḥ kʰanitam; kiṃ tu payo na lagati. tataḥ kʰinnena
Line: 4    vaṇijā devīpūjanaṃ kr̥tam. tāvad adr̥ṣṭayā vācā katʰitam: atra dvātrim̐śallakṣaṇaḥ
Line: 5    puruṣo balir dīyate, tado 'dakaṃ bʰavati. tad ākarṇya vaṇijā daśabʰārasuvarṇasya
Line: 6    puruṣaḥ kr̥taḥ; ya ātmānaṃ dadāti, sa enaṃ gr̥hṇātu, evaṃ paṇaḥ kr̥taḥ; kiṃ tu
Line: 7    ko 'py ātmānaṃ na dadāti. tad ākarṇya rātrau sarovaramadʰye gatvā 'tmānaṃ
Line: 8    *saṃkalpya, atratyā devatā prīyatām ity uktvā, rājā yāvad ātmānaṃ kaṇṭʰe śastreṇa
Line: 9    cʰinatti, tāvad devyā kare dʰr̥taḥ: rājan, prasannā 'smi, varaṃ vr̥ṇu. rājño 'ktam:
Line: 10    etat saraḥ payasā pūryatām. tataḥ saraḥ payaḥpūrṇaṃ kr̥tvā rājā svanagaraṃ gataḥ.
Line: 11    putrikayo 'ktam: rājan yasye 'dr̥śaṃ sattvaṃ bʰavati, tenā 'tro 'paveṣṭavyam.

Line: 12    iti navamī katʰā






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