<title xml:lang="sa">Vikramacarita, ed. Edgerton Princeton Theological Seminary PK2971 H378 v.27 https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9942526923506421https://archive.org/details/vikramasadventur02unse

In this second volume, Franklin Edgerton has edited four different recentions of the Vikramacarita; the first volume contains the translation. The parallels to the Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna are found in the southern recension of stories 11 and 13.

This copy, from the Princeton Theological Seminary, was digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022.

 <term xml:lang="en">parallels to the</term> Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna

Hardbound.

 Cambridge, Massachusetts Edgerton, Franklin, ed. & trans. 1926. Vikrama’s Adventures, or the Thirty-two Tales of the Throne. In two parts. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. M India Office Library; Mackenzie III. 163 N India Office Library; Mackenzie III. 164 Nd purchased from the Hiersemann Collection of South Indian MSS T Printed edition in Telugu characters; Sarasvatīnilaya Press, Madras, 1853 (Indian Office Library, No. 11.C.21) E copy made for Edgerton in 1912 from a ms. originally belonging to the Library of the College of St. George (Taylor's Catalog, No. 1076) Q Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. II. B. 2. V (Weber's V; see Ind. Stud. 15, p. 232 ff.) Library of the University of Tübingen J The printed text of Jībānanda Vidyāsāgara, Calcutta, 1881

Edgerton uses an older transliteration scheme; here it has been transcribed in IAST.

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rājānam abravīt: bho mahāpuruṣa, parārthaṃ śarīraṃ prayacchatas tavaiva jīvitaṃ ślāghyam. kutaḥ:

paśavo 'pi hi jīvantina hi jīvantaḥ kevalātmodaraṃbharāḥ;kevalāḥ svodaraṃbharāḥ;kevalātmopalambhatāḥ;kevalātmodaraṃbhakāḥ; tasyaiva jīvitaṃ ślāghyaṃ yaḥ parārthaṃparārthe hituca jīvati 8

bhavādṛśāṃ parkopakāriṇām etac citraṃ na bhavati. uktaṃ ca:

kim atra citraṃ yat santaḥ parānugrahatatparāḥ ? na hi svadehaśaityārthaṃśaityāya jāyante candanadrumāḥ. 9

anyac ca: bho mahāsattva, anenaiva paropakāreṇa tvaṃ sarvāḥ saṃpadaḥ prāpnoṣi. tathā coktam:

paropakāravyāpāraparoparopakāravyāpāraḥ yaḥ puruṣo bhuvi,puruṣo yaḥ prajāyateyaḥ puruṣo bhavet sa saṃpadaṃsaṃpadaṃsaṃpadaṃ sasaṃpadassa saṃpadas samāpnotisamavāpnotiparam āpnoti parād api ca yat param.paratrā 'pi paraṃ padam.parād api hi yat padam.parād api ca yāḥ param.parād api ca yat padam. 10

tathā ca:

paropakāraniratānirataḥparatā yeyaḥ svargasukhaniḥspṛhāḥ,nispṛhaḥnispṛhāḥ jagaddhitāya janitāḥniratāsnirato sādhavas tv īdṛśātvādṛśātridaśa bhuvi.śuci 11

evaṃ bhaṇitvā rājānaṃ punar abravīt: bho mahāsattva, tavā'haṃ tuṣṭo 'smi, varaṃ vṛṣīṣva. rājñoktam: bho rākṣasa, tvam api mama yadi prasanno jāto 'si, tarhy adyaprabhṛti manuṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ parityaja. anyad api: mayo 'cyamānam upadeśaṃ śṛṇu. tathāyathā:

yathā'tmanaḥ priyāḥ prāṇāḥ, sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā;tavā'tmanaḥ priyāḥ prāṇāḥ, sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā;tathaiva cātmanaḥ prāṇāḥ, sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā;tavā'tmanaḥ priyāḥ guṇāḥ, sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā; tasmānasmān mṛtyubhayāt te 'pi trātavyāḥ prāṇino budhaiḥ. 12

tathā ca:

janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhair nityaṃsatyaṃniśyat saṃsārasāgaresāgaram kliśyanti jantavo ghore, mṛtyos trasyanti te yataḥ.martyās trasyanti mṛtyutaḥ.mṛtyos trasanti te yataḥ.mṛtyos trasyanti te trayaḥ.mṛtyos trasyanti nityaśaḥ. 13 mariṣyāmīkariṣyāmīti yad duḥkhaṃ puruṣasyopajāyate,syāpi jāyatesyāpajāyate śakyas tenāśaktyā tenāśakyate nā'numānena paro 'pi parirakṣitum.tad vaktuṃ kenacit kvacit. 14

anyac ca:

yathātathā ca tetathāca tajte jīvitam ātmanaḥ priyaṃ, tathā pareṣām api jīvitaṃ priyam; saṃrakṣyate jīvitam ātmano yathā,saṃrakṣitaṃ jīvitam ātmano yathā,nirīkṣyate jīvitam ātmano yathā, tathā pareṣām api rakṣa jīvitam. 15

iti rājñā nirūpito rākṣasas tadāprabhṛti prāṇijīvamāraṇaṃmaraṇaṃvadhaṃ tyaktvān; rājā vikramo 'pi svanagaram agamat.

 anityāni śarīrāṇi, vibhavo naiva'pi na śāśvataḥ; nityaṃ saṃnihito mṛtyuḥ; kartavyo dharmasaṃgrahaḥ. 1 śrūyatāṃ dharmasarvasvaṃ,dharmasvarūpaṃ yad uktaṃ śāstrokṭibhiḥ;granthakoṭibhiḥ paropakāraḥ puṇyāya, pāpāya parapīḍanam. 2 yo duḥkhitāni bhūtāni dṛṣṭvā bhavati duḥkhitaḥ,duḥkhitāṃs tu narān dṛṣṭvā yo 'tyantaṃ duḥkhavān bhavet sukhitāni sukhī cāpi,vāpi sa dharmaṃ veda naiṣṭhikam.sa dharmātmeti śrūyatesa dharmo deva naiṣṭhikaḥ 3 nā'tosātomā tenārtājāne bhūyāṃsbhūyas tatomatotaposvatoprado dharmaḥ kaścid anyokaścin nānyokaścid anyā 'sti dehinām,dehinaḥ prāṇināṃ bhayabhītānām abhayaṃ yaḥ prayacchati. 4 paramvaraṃ ekasya sattvasyasatrasyatrastasyasarvasyasaptasyamartyasya pradāturpradātuṃpradānaṃ jīvitaṃjīvituṃjīvitasya tu varam, nasa ca viprasahasrebhyodadāty eva viprebhyo gosahasraṃsahasraṃ tu dine-dine.phalaṃ labhet 5 abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo yo dadāti dayāparaḥ, tasya dehavimuktasyapuṇyasya kalpāntedehaviyuktasya kṣayakṣayam eva na vidyate. 6 hemahayahomadhenudharādīnāṃdhenudhanādīnāṃdhenusahasrāṇāṃ dātāraḥ sulabhā bhuvi, durlabhaḥ puruṣo loke sarvajīvadayāparaḥ.sarvajīve dayāparaḥsarvabhūtadayāparaḥ 7 mahatām api yajñānāṃ kālena kṣīyate phalam; dattvā'bhayaṃ athā'bhayaṃ dattāmayaārtābhayatamābhayaphalasyābhayapradānasyadānasyapradānaṃ ca kṣaya eva na vidyate.kalāṃ nā'rhati ṣoḍaśīm 8 dattam iṣṭaṃ tapas taptaṃ tīrthayātrā śrutaṃśritaṃsutaṃkṛtaṃ tathā, sarvāṇy abhayadānasyasarvābhayapradānasyasarve 'bhayapradānasya kalāṃ nā'rhanti ṣoḍaśīm. 9 catuḥsāgaraparyantāṃparyantaṃ yo dadyād vasudhām imām, yaś cāyasyā'bhayaṃ ca bhūtebhyas, tayor abhayadoubhayato 'dhikaḥ.varaḥniśaṃ 10 adhruveṇa śarīreṇa pratikṣaṇavināśinā dhruvaṃ yo nā'rjayed dharmaṃ, sa śocyopaśubhyosa vācyosa cebhyosa paśur mūḍhacetanaḥ.cetasaḥ 11 yadiyais tu prāṇyupakārāya deho 'yaṃdehaṃ yan nopayujyate,nopapūjyatena vimucyate tataḥ kim upaka upakāro 'syakaro 'nyokaro vākāreṇa pratyahaṃ kriyate nṛbhiḥ?nṛṇām 12 ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve samagravaraphaladakṣiṇāḥ,dakṣiṇam ekato bhayabhītasya prāṇinaḥprāṇināṃ prāṇarakṣaṇam. 13

kiṃ bahunoktena?

paropakāravyāpāraparo yaḥ puruṣo bhuvi, sa saṃpadaṃ samāpnotisa saṃsadhaḥ samāpnotisa padaṃ samavāpnoti parād api ca yat param.yā parā 14