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Vikramacarita (MR)
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Chapter: F3a 
IIIa. Frame-Story: Third Section, part 1
The treacherous ascetic and the winning of the vampire

Metrical Recension of iiia


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Line: 1    tataḥ sa vikramādityo rarakṣa kṣitimaṇḍalam,
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bʰūdevān api devām̐ś ca pūjayām āsa bʰaktimān.
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pupoṣā 'nudinaṃ dīnān anātʰakr̥paṇādikān;
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gunā guṇini vardʰante sarvadā mr̥dubʰāṣite.
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evaṃ nyāyena vavr̥dʰe dʰarmārtʰān avirodʰayan.
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tataḥ kaścin mahīpālaṃ prāpya siddʰo digantarāt
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yayāce mantrasaṃsiddʰyai homasyo 'ttarasādʰakam.
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tatprasaṅgena vetālaḥ prasasādā 'vanībʰuje,
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varaṃ dadau ca: smaraṇād āgamiṣyāmi bʰr̥tyavat,
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ājñapto 'haṃ kariṣyāmi, 'sādʰyaṃ vidyate mama;
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siddʰayo 'ṣṭau ca saṃsiddʰā bʰaviṣyantī 'ti so 'gamat.




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