TITUS
Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 19
Chapter: S11
11.
Story
of
the
Eleventh
Statuette
Vicarious
sacrifice
for
a
man
who
was
dedicated
to
an
ogre
Brief
Recension
of
11
[this
,
in
mss
.
of
br
,
is
8]
Paragraph: 1
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aṣṭamyā
puttalikayo
'ktam
:
rājann
ākarnaya.
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kadācit
samaye
mantrivacanād
rājā
pr̥tʰivīṃ
paryaṭann
astamite
bʰānāv
araṇya/madʰya
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ekasya
vr̥kṣasya
tale
stʰitaḥ.
tāvat
tasmin
vr̥kṣe
ciraṃjīvī
nāma
kʰago
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'sti.
tasya
suhr̥daḥ
paryaṭituṃ
gatāḥ
;
rātrau
militāḥ
santo
goṣṭʰīṃ
kurvanti
:
kena
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kiṃ
kr̥taṃ
śrutaṃ
dr̥ṣṭam
iti
paraspareṇa.
tāvat
pakṣiṇo
'ktam
:
adyā
'harniśaṃ
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mama
kʰedo
jātaḥ.
kim
?
mamai
*
'kaputra
eva
pūrvajanmasuhr̥d
asti
samudrama/dʰye.
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tatrai
'ko
rākṣasaḥ
;
tasya
bʰakṣaṇāya
rājā
pratidinam
ekaṃ
manuṣyaṃ
datte.
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evaṃ
pālī
kr̥tā
'sti.
tarhi
prabʰāte
'smatsuhr̥daḥ
pālī.
tenā
'smākaṃ
cintā.
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īdr̥śaṃ
pakṣivākyaṃ
śrutvā
rājā
prabʰāte
pādukābalena
tasmin
stʰāne
gataḥ.
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tāvat
tatrai
'kā
śilā
'sti
;
tatro
'pari
nara
upaviśati
;
tato
rākṣasas
taṃ
kʰādayati.
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tasyāṃ
śilāyāṃ
rājo
'paviṣṭaḥ.
tāvad
āgatya
rākṣaso
'py
apūrvapuruṣaṃ
dr̥ṣṭvo
'ce
:
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tvaṃ
kaḥ
?
kimartʰam
ātmānaṃ
kṣapayasi
?
tarhy
ahaṃ
prasanno
'smi
;
varaṃ
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vr̥ṇu.
rājño
'ktam
:
yadi
prasanno
'si
,
tarhy
adyaprabʰr̥ti
manuṣyāhāras
tyājyaḥ.
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tena
tatʰai
'va
mānitam.
tato
rājā
puraṃ
gataḥ.
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putrikayo
'ktam
:
yasye
'dr̥śaṃ
sattvaṃ
bʰavati
,
tenā
'tro
'paveṣṭavyam.
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ity
aṣṭami
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.
