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

6 trudging along, and his curiosity being at its height, he made up to within a respectful distance of him, and kept him in view till he came near to the temple. Koobjuck here slightly hesitated, but at last, plucking up his courage, he entered the ground on which the temple was situated, close upon the heels of the king, and as the sovereign closed the door after him, Koobjuck leaned forward, and gave an attentive ear to the conversation that passed within between the king and hermit. At the close of the conference, when he found the king was about to retire, Koobjuck made all possible haste to regain his post, which he did without any one suspecting his temporary absence; and as the king returned back to the town, Koobjuck saluted him with his usual equanimity, as though nothing in the world had happened to disturb it. The following day his majesty, as was his usual practice, spent in regu- lating the affairs of his kingdom, and when night drew on he set forth again for the temple of Shiva, having pre- viously issued an order that the vigilant Koobjuck should be placed, as on the previous day, to watch the suburbs of the town. The wily sentinel was punctual to his time, having anticipated the hour of the king’s departure, and taken up his place. Thence he saw the king depart the second time to meet the hermit, and he also followed, and, as before, might have been seen listening with as much eagerness as on the former occasion, beside the temple door. Three successive visits were paid by the king to the hermit in this way, and at all three Koobjuck managed to be present in the manner described, until, at the end of the third visit, the hermit had made the king thoroughly acquainted with the mysteries of transmigration, and every portion of the instruction thus imparted to the sovereign had become equally familiar to the sentinel, so that, without even the shadow of a suspicion, he had been able clandestinely to acquire the knowledge. The day following that on which the last of the visits was paid to him by the king, the hermit left the court,