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Vikramacarita (BR)
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Chapter: S25 
25. Story of the Twenty-fifth Statuette
Vikrama averts an astrological evil omen

Brief Recension of 25


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Line: 1    punaḥ putrikayo 'ktam: rājann ākarṇaya.
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tasmin vikramārke rājyaṃ kurvati sati ko 'pi jyotiṣī samāyātaḥ. rājña āśīrvādaṃ
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dattavān. rājñā pr̥ṣṭam: saṃprati grahāḥ kīdr̥śāḥ? teno 'ktam: deva, parjanyo
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mandaḥ. uktaṃ ca:


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*bʰinatti yadi raviputro rohinyāḥ śakaṭam atraloke ca
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dvādaśa varṣāṇi tadā na hi varṣati mādʰavo bʰūmau. \\1\\
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rājño 'ktam: ko 'pi pratīkāro 'sti? teno 'ktam: varuṇaprītyartʰam anuṣṭʰānaṃ
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*kriyatām, indraprītyartʰaṃ ca dānaṃ viprabʰojanādipuṇyaṃ ca. tato rajñā caṇḍi/kālaye
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pātraṇi viprā bʰūtāvalī pūjitās toṣitāḥ. tatʰā 'pi parjanyo na varsati. rājani
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cintāprapanne sati, svargavācā katʰitam: yadā naramām̐sena catuḥṣaṣṭiyoginyas
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tr̥ptā bʰavanti, tadā devo varṣati. rajñā vicāritam: jalaṃ vinā viśvaṃ pīḍyamānaṃ
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yady ekena dehena sukʰībʰavati, tataḥ kiṃ nāmo 'ttamam? ity uktvā devyāḥ
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puraḥ śiraś cʰettum ārabdʰam, tataḥ pratyakṣayā devyā kare dʰr̥taḥ: varaṃ vr̥ṇu.
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rājno 'ktam: parjanyo varṣatu, lokāś ca sukʰinaḥ santu. devya tatʰe 'ty uktam.
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tato vr̥ṣṭir jatā, dʰānyam apāraṃ jātam. rājā nagaraṃ gataḥ.
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putrikayo 'ktam: rājann īdr̥śam audāryaṃ yasya bʰavati, tenā 'tro 'paveṣṭavyam.

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iti pañcavim̐śatimī katʰā






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