TITUS
Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 22
Chapter: S14
14.
Story
of
the
Fourteenth
Statuette
An
ascetic
warns
Vikrama
against
neglect
of
kingly
duty
Brief
Recension
of
14
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punaḥ
putrikayo
'ktam
:
rājann
ākarṇaya.
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ekadā
pr̥tʰvīṃ
paryaṭan
rājā
kasmim̐ścit
tapovane
śivaprāsādaṃ
prāptaḥ
;
tīrtʰe
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snātvā
devaṃ
vīkṣya
tatsaṃnidʰāv
upaviṣṭaḥ.
tatra
kenāpi
mahāpuruṣeṇa
pr̥ṣṭam
:
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tvaṃ
kaḥ
?
rājño
'ktam
:
mārgastʰo
'haṃ
vikramo
rājā
'smi.
teno
'ktam
:
rājann
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ekadā
mayo
'jjayinīṃ
gatena
dr̥ṣṭo
'si
;
rājyaṃ
tyaktvai
'ka
eva
kiṃ
bʰramasi
?
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paścād
upadravaḥ
ko
'pi
bʰavati
,
tat
kim
karoṣi
?
uktaṃ
ca.
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Verse: a
kr̥ṣir
vidyā
vaṇig
bʰāryā
svadʰanaṃ
rājyasevanam
,
Verse: b
dr̥ḍʰam
eva
prakartavyaṃ
,
kr̥ṣṇasarpamukʰaṃ
yatʰā.
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Verse:
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rājño
'ktam
:
evam
eva
,
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Verse: a
rājyaṃ
lakṣmīr
yaśaḥ
saukʰyaṃ
sukr̥teno
'pabʰujyate
;
Verse: b
tasmin
kṣīṇe
mahāyogin
svayam
eva
vilīyate.
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Strophe: 3
Verse: a
yatʰāpuṇyaṃ
yatʰāyogyaṃ
yatʰādeśaṃ
yatʰābalam
,
Verse: b
annaṃ
vastraṃ
dʰanaṃ
nr̥̄nām
īśvaraḥ
pūrayiṣyati.
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Verse:
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tena
vākyena
tuṣṭena
mahāpuruṣeṇa
rājñe
kāśmīraliṅgaṃ
dattam
:
rājan
,
pūjitam
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etan
mānasikaṃ
manoratʰaṃ
pūrayiṣyati.
evam
anujñātasya
rājño
mārge
ko
'pi
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brāhmaṇo
militaḥ.
tena
svastiḥ
kr̥tā
;
rājñā
tasmai
liṅgaṃ
dattam.
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putrikayo
'ktam
:
rajann
īdr̥śam
audāryaṃ
yasya
bʰavati
,
tenā
'tro
'paveṣṭavyam.
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iti
caturdaśamī
katʰā
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Vikramacarita (BR)
.
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