Bhartruhari is also a king and poet. He was ruling the kingdom
in the absence of vikramaarka. I vaguely remember some book
depicting the whole story about his ruling powers and his great
ness as a poet. Later he took `sanyaaSaasrama' when vikramaarka
came back after his quest to look for KaaLi maata.
(Or, am I totally wrong too?)
madhav