TITUS
Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 25
Chapter: S17
17.
Story
of
the
Seventeenth
Statuette
Vikrama
offers
himself
for
his
rival
's
benefit
Brief
Recension
of
17
Paragraph: 1
Line: 1
punaḥ
putrikayo
'ktam
:
rājann
ākarṇaya.
Line: 2
ekadā
vikramārkasya
vandinā
pararāṣṭraṃ
gatvā
rājñaḥ
stutir
ārabdʰā.
tāvat
Line: 3
tatratyena
rājñā
bʰaṇitam
:
vikramaṃ
manuṣyāḥ
kiṃ
varṇayanti
?
vandino
'ktam
:
Line: 4
deva
,
tatsama
udāro
nā
'sti
sattvavān
sāhasiko
vā.
tatas
tena
rājñā
yajñe
mahāntam
Line: 5
ekam
āhūya
yoginīpūjā
prārabdʰā.
tailakaṭāhī
tāpitā
,
tatrā
'tmā
'hutaḥ.
yoginī
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tr̥ptā
prasannā
jātā
,
punar
api
tasya
deho
jātaḥ.
rājño
'ktam
:
mama
saptagr̥hāṇy
Line: 7
āsūryāstaṃ
saṃbʰr̥tasuvarṇāni
bʰavantu.
evam
astaparyantaṃ
dadāti.
pratidinaṃ
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dehaṃ
vahnau
kṣipati
,
punar
api
prapnoti
gr̥heṣu
suvarṇam
,
punar
api
dadāti.
atʰa
Line: 9
tatkautukena
vikramo
'pi
tan
nagaraṃ
gatvā
sarvaṃ
dr̥ṣṭvā
'tmānaṃ
kaṭāhyāṃ
Line: 10
kṣiptavān.
yoginī
tr̥ptā
jātā
,
punar
api
jīvitaḥ.
yoginī
prasannā
:
rājan
varaṃ
Line: 11
vr̥ṇu.
devi
,
ayaṃ
rājā
pratidinaṃ
dehaṃ
kṣipati
;
tad
vañcanīyam
,
asya
saptagr̥hāṇi
Line: 12
sadā
pūrṇāni
bʰavantu
;
vyaye
'py
ūnāni
mā
bʰavantu.
evaṃ
varaṃ
yācayitvā
rājā
Line: 13
nagaraṃ
gataḥ.
Line: 14
putrikayo
'ktam
:
rājann
īdr̥śam
audāryaṃ
yasya
bʰavati
,
tenā
'tro
'paveṣṭavyam
Line: 15
iti
saptadaśī
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.
