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

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you, for your looks and dignified demeanour won my affec-
tion. Being now old and -infirm, and without an heir to
succeed me, I feel great pleasure and gratification in offering
you the crown. I have now only one daughter left to be
the solace of my declining years: her beauty and accom-
plishments are like those of her departed sister, and worthy
of a prince or of a person of your exalted qualifications and
worth. Instead of leaving me, then, stay and receive her
hand and the crown which I now offer to you. It is time
for me to rest from the labour of ruling these dominions.
I have borne it long enough; and nothing could give me
greater satisfaction, under the circumstances, than to
entrust the well-being of my people to your hands, and to
see you ruling in my stead, for I am satisfied that you are
worthy in every respect of so responsible a trust. If you
refuse, dear Charoo, to comply with my request, it will
grieve me nearly as much as did the loss of my beloved
daughter Chitrangee, and I cannot but sink under the
double stroke, if I may so call it. Decide at once,—
whether you will doom me to death, or, by your aid and
solace, in some degree assuage the violence of my grief.'
Charoo felt much afflicted at the sad situation of the aged
monarch, but he had at the same time fully made up his
mind to visit the hermit, and, by unbosoming his sorrows
to him, seek consolation from his learned counsel. He felt
as though nothing short of the advice of such a man could
tranquillise his mind; he patiently listened, however, to all
the king had to say, and then addressed him in these
words:—'Sire, in the first place I am under a deep debt of
gratitude to you for all you have done—for the immense
favors and honors you have conferred on me. I thank you
most sincerely and from the depth of my heart, and will not
fail to implore heaven to return to you a thousand-fold the
wealth and honor you have lavished on me,—that every
species of blessing may attend you throughout life,—that
your enemies may be confounded,—and that a long and
prosperous life may be allotted to you. I am too deeply