TITUS
Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 21
Chapter: S13
13.
Story
of
the
Thirteenth
Statuette
Vikrama
shames
the
wise
men
by
an
example
of
unselfishness
Brief
Recension
of
13
Paragraph: 1
Line: 1
punaḥ
putrikayo
'ktam
:
rājann
akarṇaya.
Line: 2
ekadā
rājā
tīrtʰayātrāyāṃ
gataḥ.
tatra
gaṅgāpravāhasamīpe
nirmaleśvaraprāsāde
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viśrāntaḥ.
tatra
rātrau
gaṅgāpravāhitena
kenacid
vipreṇā
'kranditam
:
bʰo
magnaṃ
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māṃ
ko
'pi
rakṣatu.
koʽpi
jale
na
praviśati.
tato
rājñā
vipro
niṣkāsitaḥ.
vipreno
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'ktam
:
tvayā
mama
prāṇā
rakṣitāḥ
;
tarhi
narmadātīre
'rdʰodaka
ādvādaśavarṣaṃ
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mayā
mantrasādʰanaṃ
kr̥tam
asti
;
tasya
pʰalam
iccʰāmaraṇaṃ
śarīrasvargaga/manaṃ
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vimānārohaṇam
;
īdr̥śaṃ
sukr̥taṃ
mayā
tubʰyaṃ
dattam.
taṃ
śabdam
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ākarnya
vikarālabʰayānaka
ūrdʰvakeśo
'stʰipañjaraśeṣo
'śvattʰastʰito
brahmagraho
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rājñaḥ
purataḥ
stʰitaḥ.
rājño
'ktam
:
kas
tvam
?
teno
'ktam
:
rajann
asya
naga/rasya
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grāmayājako
'ham
;
duṣṭapratigraheṇa
brahmagraho
jāto
'smi.
pañcavarṣa/sahasrāni
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pūrṇāni
,
adyā
'pi
niṣkr̥tir
nā
'sti.
rājno
'ktam
:
adya
mama
yat
sukr̥tam
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arjitam
,
tena
tava
paraloko
'stu.
evam
ukte
sa
vimānam
āruhya
svargaṃ
gataḥ.
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putrikayo
'ktam
:
rājann
īdr̥śam
audāryaṃ
yasya
bʰavati
,
tenā
'tro
'paveṣṭavyam.
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iti
trayodaśamī
katʰā
This text is part of the
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.
