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Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 28
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Chapter: S20 
20. Story of the Twentieth Statuette
Vikrama visits a forest ascetic


Brief Recension of 20


Paragraph: 1 
Line: 1    punaḥ putrikayo 'ktam: rājann ākarṇaya.
Line: 2    ekadā rājā pr̥tʰvīṃ paryaṭann anekanagaratīrtʰāni gatvai 'kasmin nagare śivālaye
Line: 3    devadarśanaṃ *kr̥tvā kṣanaṃ tatro 'paviṣṭaḥ. tāvat tatrā 'gatyo 'paviśya
Line: 4    tribʰir deśāntaribʰir anyonyaṃ goṣṭʰī prārabdʰā: asmābʰis tīrtʰāny anekāni mahā/camatkārāḥ
Line: 5    pr̥tʰivyāṃ dr̥ṣṭāḥ; kiṃ tu trikālanātʰasya mahāpuruṣasya parvataṃ
Line: 6    gatānām api darśanaṃ nā 'bʰūt. ekeno 'ktam: tasya darśanaṃ durgʰaṭam; tatra
Line: 7    mārge gaccʰatāṃ nāgapāśā laganti, dehaṃ kṣīyate. evam api gʰaṭate kim? yatra
Line: 8    bʰāṇḍasya nāśaḥ, tatra kīdr̥śaṃ vāṇijyam? uktaṃ ca:


Strophe: 1 
Verse: a    apʰalāni durantāni samavyayapʰalāni ca,
Verse: b    aśakyāni ca kāryāṇi nā 'rabʰeta vicakṣaṇaḥ. \\1\\
Strophe:   Verse:  


Paragraph: 2 
Line: 1    evaṃ katʰayitvā tūṣṇīṃ stʰitāḥ. tac cʰrutvā trikālanātʰaṃ draṣṭuṃ rājā nirgataḥ.
Line: 2    mārge nāgapāśā lagnāḥ. sa kaṣṭena stʰānaṃ prāptaḥ; trikālanātʰasya darśanaṃ
Line: 3    kr̥tam. tato nāgapāśamuktena rājñā praṇāmaḥ kr̥taḥ; tenā 'śīr dattā: rājan, kaṣṭair
Line: 4    iha kim āgato 'si? viśeṣeṇa śrānto 'si. rājño 'ktam: tvaddarśanena śramo gataḥ;
Line: 5    ahaṃ sukʰī jātaḥ. tatas tuṣṭena mahatā kantʰā daṇḍakʰaḍgaś ca dattaḥ, *kʰaṭikā
Line: 6    ca dattā. *kʰaṭikayā dakṣiṇahastenā 'ṅke likʰite yasya lāgyate, tatsainyaṃ sajīvaṃ
Line: 7    bʰavati. vāmahastena likʰitaṃ parasainyaṃ saṃharati. kantʰā manoratʰaṃ
Line: 8    dadāti. īdr̥śaṃ vastusāmartʰyam. atʰa nirgatena rājñā mārga ekaḥ śrīmān dr̥ṣṭaḥ,
Line: 9    pr̥ṣṭaś ca: kas tvam? teno 'ktam: mama rājyaṃ dāyādair gr̥hītam, ahaṃ ca jigʰām̐si/taḥ;
Line: 10    tena palāyito 'smi. saṃprati ko 'sti yo mām aṅgīkaroti? iti saṃtāpaṃ cakre.
Line: 11    tato rājñā mā bʰair ity uktvā tad vastu tasmai dattam.
Line: 12    putrikayo 'ktam. rajann īdr̥śaṃ yasyau 'daryaṃ bʰavati, tenā 'tro 'paveṣṭavyam.

Line: 13    iti vim̐śatimī katʰā






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