TITUS
Vikramacarita (SR)
Part No. 6
Chapter: F5
V
.
Frame-Story
:
Fifth
Section
Finding
of
the
throne
by
Bhoja
Southern
Recension
of
v
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nikṣepānantaraṃ
bahūni
varṣāṇi
gatāni.
bʰojarājo
rājyaṃ
prāpat.
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tasmin
rājyaṃ
kurvaty
ekadā
kaścid
brāhmaṇo
yatra
tat
siṅhāsanaṃ
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nikṣiptaṃ
tat
kṣetraṃ
kr̥tvā
yāvanālān
avapat
;
caṇakādīn
avapat.
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tat
kṣetraṃ
mahāpʰalam
abʰūt.
tato
brāhmaṇo
yatra
siṅhāsanaṃ
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nikṣiptaṃ
tad
uccastʰānam
iti
pakṣiṇām
uttʰāpanārtʰaṃ
tadupari
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mañcaṃ
krtvo
'paviśya
pakṣiṇa
uttʰāpayati.
tata
ekadā
bʰojarājo
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vaihālīṃ
kartuṃ
sakalarājakumaraiḥ
sametas
tatkṣetrasamipe
yāvad
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gaccʰati
,
tāvan
mancoparistʰitena
brahmaṇeno
'ktam
:
bʰo
rajann
,
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etat
kṣetraṃ
pʰalitam
asti
;
sasainyena
samāgatya
yatʰeṣṭaṃ
bʰujya/tām
,
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aśvebʰyaś
caṇaka
dīyantam
,
adya
mama
janma
sapʰalam
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abʰūt
,
yato
bʰavān
mamā
'titʰir
jātaḥ.
yata
īdr̥śaḥ
prastāvaḥ
kadā
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sampatsyate
?
tac
cʰrutva
rājā
sasainyaḥ
kṣetramadʰye
praviṣṭaḥ.
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brāhmaṇo
'pi
kṣetrakoṇopaviṣṭapakṣyuttʰāpanārtʰaṃ
mancad
ava/ruhya
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rājānaṃ
kṣetramadʰye
stʰitaṃ
dr̥ṣṭvā
bʰaṇati.
bʰo
rājan
,
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kim
ayam
adʰarmaḥ
kriyate
?
brāhmaṇakṣetram
idam
vināśyate
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tvayā.
yad
anyair
anyāyaḥ
kriyate
cet
tubʰyam
nivedyate
,
tvam
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evā
'nyāyaṃ
kartuṃ
pravrttaḥ
,
idānīṃ
ko
vā
nivārayiṣyati
uktaṃ
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ca
:
Strophe: 1
Verse: a
gaje
kaḍaṃgarīye
tu
,
jāre
rājani
vā
punaḥ
,
Verse: b
pāpakr̥tsu
ca
vidvatsu
niyantā
jantur
atra
kaḥ
? \\1\\
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anyac
ca
:
bʰavān
dʰarmaśāstrābʰijño
brāhmadravyaṃ
katʰaṃ
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vināśayati
?
brahmasvam
eva
viṣam
;
tatʰā
hi
:
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Verse: a
na
viṣaṃ
viṣam
ity
āhur
,
brahmasvaṃ
viṣam
ucyate
;
Verse: b
viṣam
ekākinaṃ
hanti
,
brahmasvaṃ
putrapautrakam.
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iti
teno
'ktaṃ
śrutvā
yāvad
rājā
kṣetrād
bahiḥ
saparivaro
nirgaccʰati
,
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tāvat
pakṣiṇaḥ
samuttʰāpya
punar
mañcam
ārūḍʰo
vadati
:
bʰo
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rājan
,
kim
iti
gamyate
tvayā
?
idaṃ
kṣetraṃ
sādʰu
pʰalitam
asti
,
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yāvanāladaṇḍān
bʰakṣayantu
;
urvārukapʰalāni
santi
,
upabʰujyatām.
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punar
brāhmaṇavacanam
ākarṇya
saparivāro
rājā
yāvat
kṣetramadʰye
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praviśati
,
tāvat
pakṣyuttʰāpanārtʰaṃ
mañcād
avaruhya
punas
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tatʰai
'vā
'bʰaṇat.
tato
rājā
svamanasi
vicārayati
:
aho
āścaryam
!
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yadā
'yaṃ
brāhmaṇo
mañcam
ārohati
,
tadā
'sya
cetasi
dātavyam
iti
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buddʰir
utpadyate
;
yadā
'vatarati
,
tadā
dīnabuddʰir
bʰavati.
tad
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ahaṃ
mañcam
āruhya
paśyāmī
'ti
yāvan
mañcam
ārohati
,
tāvad
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bʰojarājasya
cetasi
vāsanai
'vam
abʰūt
:
nanu
viśvasyā
'rtiḥ
pari/haraṇīyā
,
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sarvasya
lokasya
dāridryanivāraṇaṃ
vidʰeyam
,
duṣṭā
daṇḍa/nīyāḥ
,
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sajjanāḥ
pālanīyāḥ
,
prajā
dʰarmeṇa
rakṣaṇīyāḥ
;
kiṃ
bahunā
?
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asmin
samaye
yadi
ko
'pi
śarīram
api
prārtʰayiṣyati
,
tad
api
deyam
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ity
ānandaparipūrṇaḥ
punar
vicarayati
:
aho
etatkṣetramāhātmyam
,
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yat
svayam
evaṃvidʰāṃ
buddʰim
utpādayati.
uktaṃ
ca
:
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Verse: a
jale
tailaṃ
kʰale
guhyaṃ
pātre
dānaṃ
manāg
api
,
Verse: b
prājñe
śāstraṃ
svayaṃ
yāti
vistāraṃ
vastuśaktitaḥ.
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katʰam
etatkṣetramāhātmyaṃ
jñāyata
iti
vicārya
brāhmaṇam
āhūya
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bʰaṇati
:
bʰo
brāhmaṇa
,
tavai
'tatkṣetre
kiyāṅl
lābʰo
bʰavati
?
brāh/maṇeno
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'ktam
:
bʰo
rājan
sakalakalākuśala
,
tvayā
'viditaṃ
kimapi
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nā
'sti.
yad
arhati
,
tat
karotu.
anyac
ca
:
rājā
nama
sākṣād
viṣṇor
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avatārabʰūtaḥ
;
tasya
dr̥ṣṭir
yasyo
'pari
patati
,
tasya
dainyadurbʰik/ṣādayo
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naśyanti.
rājā
nāma
sākṣāt
kalpavrkṣaḥ.
sa
tvaṃ
mama
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dr̥ṣṭer
gocaro
'bʰūḥ
;
adya
mama
dainyadāridryādīnām
avasānaṃ
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jātam.
kṣetraṃ
kiyat
?
tato
rājā
taṃ
brāhmaṇaṃ
dʰanadʰānyādinā
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paritoṣya
tat
kṣetraṃ
gr̥hītvā
mañcādʰaḥ
kʰānayituṃ
prārambʰam
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akārṣīt
;
puruṣapramāṇe
garte
jāte
śilai
'kā
sumanoharā
'dr̥śyata.
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taccʰilādʰaś
candrakāntaśilādinirmitaṃ
nānāvidʰaratnakʰacitaṃ
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dvātriṅśatputtalikāmilitam
atiramaṇīyaṃ
siṅhāsanam
adr̥śyata.
tat
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siṅhāsanaṃ
dr̥ṣṭvā
bʰojarājaḥ
paramānandāmr̥talaharīparipūrna/hr̥dayo
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bʰūtvā
siṅhāsanaṃ
nagaraṃ
netuṃ
yāvad
uccālayati
,
tāvad
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adʰikaṃ
guru
bʰavati
,
no
'ccalati
ca.
tato
rājā
mantriṇam
avadat
:
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bʰo
mantrin
,
kiṃartʰam
etat
siṅhāsanaṃ
no
'ccalati
?
malltriṇo
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'ktam
:
bʰo
rājan
,
etat
siṅhāsanaṃ
divyam
apūrvam
,
balihomapūjā/dikaṃ
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vinā
no
'ccalati
,
tava
sādʰyam
api
na
bʰavati.
tasya
vacanaṃ
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śrutvā
rājā
brāhmaṇān
ākārya
taiḥ
sarvam
api
vidʰānaṃ
kāritavān.
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tatas
tat
siṅhāsanaṃ
lagʰu
bʰūtvā
svayam
evo
'ccalati
sma.
tad
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dr̥ṣṭvā
rājā
mantriṇam
uvāca
:
bʰo
mantrin
,
etat
siṅhāsanaṃ
pratʰa/maṃ
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mamā
'sādʰyam
abʰavat
;
idānīṃ
tava
buddʰiprabʰāvena
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hastagatam
āsīt.
tato
buddʰimatāṃ
saṃsargaḥ
sukʰāya
lābʰāya
ca
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bʰavati.
tato
mantriṇā
bʰaṇitam
:
bʰo
rājan
,
śrūyatām.
yaḥ
svayaṃ
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buddʰimān
bʰavati
,
anyeṣām
api
buddʰiṃ
na
śr̥ṇoti
,
sa
sarvatʰā
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nāśaṃ
prāpnoti.
tvaṃ
tatʰāvidʰo
na
bʰavasi
:
buddʰimān
apy
āpta/vacanaṃ
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śr̥ṇoṣi.
atas
tava
sakalakāryeṣv
antarāyo
nā
'sti.
rājā
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'bravīt
:
yo
'nārtʰakāryaṃ
nivārayaty
āgāmyartʰaṃ
sādʰayati
sa
eva
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mantrī.
tatʰā
co
'ktam
:
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Verse: a
stʰitasya
kāryasya
samudbʰavārtʰam
,
Verse: b
āgāmino
'rtʰasya
ca
saṃgrahārtʰam
,
Verse: c
anartʰakāryapratigʰātanārtʰaṃ
,
Verse: d
yan
mantryate
,
'sau
paramo
hi
mantrī.
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mantriṇo
'ktam
:
bʰo
rājan
,
mantriṇā
svāmihitakāryaṃ
kartavyam.
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tatʰā
co
'ktam
:
Strophe: 5
Verse: a
mantraḥ
kāryānugo
yeṣāṃ
kāryaṃ
svāmihitānugam
,
Verse: b
ta
ete
mantriṇo
rājñāṃ
,
na
tu
ye
*gallapʰullanāḥ.
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anyac
ca
:
yan
mantriṇo
vinā
rājyaṃ
dʰānyādisaṃgrahaṃ
vinā
durgaṃ
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tārunyaṃ
vinā
saubʰāgyaṃ
jñānaṃ
vinā
vairāgyaṃ
durjanānāṃ
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śāntiḥ
pāṣaṇḍināṃ
matir
veśyānāṃ
prītiḥ
kʰalānāṃ
maitrī
parādʰī/nasya
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svātantryaṃ
nirdʰanasya
roṣaḥ
sevakasya
kopaḥ
svāminaḥ
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snehaḥ
krpaṇasya
gr̥haṃ
vyabʰicāriṇyāḥ
puruṣabʰaktis
taskarāṇāṃ
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yuktir
mūrkʰāṇāṃ
gatir
ity
etat
sarvaṃ
kāryaṃ
niṣpʰalam
iti
jñātav/yam.
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anyac
ca
:
rājñā
mahatāṃ
sevā
kartavyā
,
āptānāṃ
buddʰiḥ
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śrotavyā
,
devabrāhmaṇāḥ
paripālanīyāḥ
,
nyāyamārge
vartitavyam.
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api
ca
:
bʰo
rājan
,
rajalakṣaṇoktā
guṇāḥ
sarve
tvayi
vidyante
;
tvaṃ
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sakalarājarājottamaḥ.
anyac
ca.
mantriṇa
'py
evaṃvidʰaguṇa/gariṣṭʰena
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bʰavitavyam.
yaḥ
kulakramād
āgataḥ
,
kāmandakicāṇakyapañcatantrādisakalanītiśastrābʰijñaḥ
;
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tatʰa
ca
guṇaḥ.
svā/mikāryārtʰam
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udyamaḥ
pāpād
bʰayaṃ
prajānāṃ
saṃgopanaṃ
pari/varaṇaṃ
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saṃyojanaṃ
rajñaś
cittavr̥ttyanusaraṇaṃ
samayocitapari/jñānam
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apāyakāryād
rajanivaraṇam.
evaṃvidʰaguṇayukto
mantrī
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mantripadayogyo
bʰavati
,
yatʰa
nando
rājā
mantriṇā
bahuśrutena
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brahmahatyāyā
nivāritaḥ.
bʰojarajeno
'ktam.
katʰam
cai
'tat
?
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mantrī
vadati.
bʰo
rājan
,
śrūyatāṃ
katʰā.
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.
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