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

193 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 z