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Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 23
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Chapter: S15 
15. Story of the Fifteenth Statuette
The heavenly nymph and the kettle of boiling oil

Brief Recension of 15


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Line: 1    punaḥ putrikayo 'ktam: rājann ākarṇaya.
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rājapurohitaputro vasumitro nāma tīrtʰayātrāṃ kr̥tvā punar āgatya rājñe militaḥ;
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rājñā vārttā pr̥ṣṭā. teno 'ktam: rājan, manmatʰasaṃjīvinī nāma śāpadagdʰā deva/vadʰūr
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ekasmin nagare. tatra maṇḍapaḥ kr̥taḥ; mahāvīrāṇāṃ prāṇagʰūrṇakā saṃ/bʰr̥tir
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vartate. tatra tailakaṭāhyas tapanti. tatrā 'tmānaṃ yaḥ kṣipati, taṃ
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varayiṣyati, taṃ puruṣaṃ tatrā * 'bʰiṣekṣyati. yasya bʰāryā bʰavati, tasya jīvitaṃ
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sapʰalam. tac cʰrutvā vasumitreṇa saha kautukena gatvā tatra caryā sarvā dr̥ṣṭā.
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tataḥ kaṭāhyāṃ praviṣṭo rājā mām̐sapiṇḍībʰūtaḥ. tato manmatʰasaṃjīvinyā 'mr̥ta/siktaḥ
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punar apy aṣṭapuṣṭāṅgo jātaḥ. tayo 'ktam: mama dehaṃ rājyaṃ tavā 'dʰī/nam.
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yad *ādiśasi, tat karomi. rājño 'ktam: tvayā vasumitro varitavyaḥ. tayā
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'ṅgīkr̥tam; vasumitro rājyam akarot. rājā nagaraṃ gataḥ.
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putrikayo 'ktam: rājann īdr̥śam audāryaṃ yasya bʰavati, tenā 'tro 'paveṣṭavyam.

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iti pancadaśī katʰā






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