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Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 22
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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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Line: 1    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.


Strophe: 1 
Verse: a    
kr̥ṣir vidyā vaṇig bʰāryā svadʰanaṃ rājyasevanam,
Verse: b    
dr̥ḍʰam eva prakartavyaṃ, kr̥ṣṇasarpamukʰaṃ yatʰā. \\1\\
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rājño 'ktam: evam eva,


Strophe: 2 
Verse: a    
rājyaṃ lakṣmīr yaśaḥ saukʰyaṃ sukr̥teno 'pabʰujyate;
Verse: b    
tasmin kṣīṇe mahāyogin svayam eva vilīyate. \\2\\
Strophe: 3  
Verse: a    
yatʰāpuṇyaṃ yatʰāyogyaṃ yatʰādeśaṃ yatʰābalam,
Verse: b    
annaṃ vastraṃ dʰanaṃ nr̥̄nām īśvaraḥ pūrayiṣyati. \\3\\
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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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