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

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fixed in the direction the boar had taken, he continued to
follow him, and left his father and all the followers far
behind him. The difficult road over which the prince pursued
the boar rendered it impossible for him to come up to his
victim as speedily as he could have wished ; he nevertheless
kept up the chase, passing, as he went, over valleys and by
the side of precipices, through rugged paths and dangerous
defiles. The king and his followers were anxiously awaiting
his return, while every moment he was widening the distance
between them. The boar, after having gone some miles,
ensconsed himself in a cave, the prince remaining trans-
fixed to the spot with fatigue and vexation. It pained him
to think that all his efforts had proved fruitless for the
capture of the forest denizen ; and what mortified him still
more was, that it would go, far to convey an unfavorable
opinion of his skill in archery and in the use of arms to the
mind of his father, to please whom was the chief desire of
his heart. However, he thought of retracing his steps back
and relating all the occurrence to the king, but he found
that he was quite fatigued by the exertions he had made,
and his horse still more so ; added to which he felt a burning
thirst and a sensation of weakness which rendered him quite
incapable of moving a step in obedience to his wish. In
this state the clouds of night found him listlessly leaning
against a tree. As the darkness thickened around him he
became fully sonsible of his condition, and the danger he
was exposing himself to by remaining in that lonely and
desolate place, perhaps to become a prey to the wild animals
infesting the locality ; so he strove to mount his horse, and
succeeded in gaining his seat, but as he was suffering very
severely from thirst, his first object was to go in search of
water. Having roamed about for some time, he happened
to reach the inviting banks of a lake of great extent, clear
as crystal, with a variety of trees uniformly placed at a
convenient distance from each other, and forming a delight-
ful arbour, cool and refreshing to travellers and others who
sought their friendly shade. The prince, as may well be