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

67 " It happened that as the prince advanced to manhood, he received a wound from one of Cupid's shafts : he became enamoured of a princess, daughter to a powerful monarch, whose beauty was the least of her perfections. He sued for her hand in due form, backed by the interest and power of his father and his own rare qualifications, and obtained it in marriage. The union was celebrated, under the most favorable auspices, in the city, and no expense was spared to give brilliancy and effect to the occasion. It was a joyous time when the marriage took place. The king invited his relatives as well as those of his son's wife, with numerous other guests, and entertained them for several days together in the most sumptuous manner; and when the festivities were ended, he sent them back loaded with presents. "One day, King Bhudrasain, accompanied by his son and a small retinue, set out on a sporting excursion. They went into an adjoining wood, and while there, Bhudrasain was suddenly seized with the desire of witnessing his son's skill in archery, for which he was much famed. He called his son, and made him acquainted with his wishes; he then detached a part of his retinue for the purpose of waiting upon him, and he himself followed in person. Having arrived in the centre of the wood, the king directed his son to aim at a certain part of the forest at a distance, where a small object, scarce visible to the naked eye, was pointed out. While yet conversing, a wild boar suddenly appeared from amidst a clump of bushes, and, rushing past the prince and his father, attacked one of their followers with great deter- mination and ferocity. The prince, acting on the impulse of the moment, with his usual bravery and dauntless courage, pursued the boar, in the hope of getting sufficiently near him to attack him with the short spear he carried in his hand. But the monster, seeing his pursuer, and conscious of danger, took to flight, and regained the shelter of a thickly-studded cover of trees, in the opposite direction. The prince still pursued the boar, and in the ardour of the chase forgot all personal danger. Keeping his eye steadily