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

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which you know are yours, and dispose of them to satisfy
your ruthless creditor.’ Charoo affectionately embraced
her, and thanked her from the bottom of his heart for the
sacrifice she had made. They then composed themselves
to sleep with some degree of calmness.
“Next morning, Charoo sent for the creditor, and when
he came he made over to him valuables sufficient to cover
the debt, and took from him an acquittance. Charoo was
naturally of a liberal turn of mind, so after he had trans-
ferred to him such jewels as he knew would be sufficient,
he asked the creditor whether he had received enough.
‘Let me know,’ said he, ‘whether they are sufficient or
not. I will give you more if you wish it and will consent
to follow me, as I am about to travel into foreign parts.’
The creditor was aware that what he had already received
would more than liquidate his claim, but being of a grasping
nature, and without a grain of conscience, he said he would
follow Charoo. On leaving home, Charoo said to his wife,
‘Dear wife, I am indeed sorry to leave you alone, but
necessity compels me to it. It is no longer possible for me
to live here after what has occurred. I must try to regain
my lost property. I am about to enter into foreign trade,
as well as to gain by travel some knowledge of the world.
During my absence I trust you will spend your time between
your domestic concerns and thoughts of me, and conduct
yourself in a peaceable and respectable manuer in the bosom
of my family.’ His wife was bathed in tears at this sudden
resolution of her husband : she begged him never to forget
her in the midst of the acquisitions which she felt sure he
was fated to make, and wished him every possible happi-
ness. With many expressions of mutual sympathy and
good feeling they parted from each other.
“Charoo set out on his journey, accompanied by his
creditor, and in a few days arrived at the city of Kanchun-
poory. He there learned the condition attached to the
acquisition of the Princess Chitrangee’s hand in marriage,
and he was determined to make the venture. The prospect
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