विक्रम चरित (उज्जैन सम्राट् विक्रमादित्य - पराक्रम, न्याय एवं ३२ पुतलियों की कथा सटीक)

Cooverjee Coyajee
ADVENTURES OF VICKRAMADETEA,
KING OF OUJEIN.
CHAPTER I.
King Vickramadetea—His military talents, intellectual accomplish-
ments, and love of justice—The wisdom and integrity of his
Prime Minister—Precautions taken to avert the effects of an adverse
prediction made at Vickramadetea's birth—The hermit Soodew—The
king obtains from him a practical knowledge of the science of trans-
migration—A sentinel, by following the king, also becomes possessed
of the secret.
In the capital city of Oujein there once reigned a king
named Vickramadetea, who was so liberal that none could
be compared with him; he delighted in virtuous actions, and
was exact in the administration of justice; he was a care-
ful protector of his subjects; his riches were immense, his
army very numerous and efficient, and in personal courage
and valour he himself was unsurpassed. The people were
virtuous and generally moral. The city was extensive and
populous, and filled with well-designed and magnificent
buildings. The people were happy and contented under the
reign of this happy monarch, and they were pious and thank-
ful to the Almighty for the blessings vouchsafed to them.
They were at peace with their neighbours, and united in the
bonds of love and amity. No thoughts of disloyalty or
disaffection ever found place in their hearts. By the aid of
a bountiful Providence the seasons were prolific, and the
harvests plentiful; the trees were always green, and yielded
innumerable fruits and flowers, which disseminated their
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