Vikramarkacaritra 1.16
Vikramārkacaritra 1.16
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1.16
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evaṃ bahudhā nivārayantaṃ buddhisāgaramanādṛtya jayapālaḥ khaṅgavyāghraśarabhamṛgasamākulaṃ mahadaraṇyaṃ praviśya yāvatpaścāddadarśa tāvatsarvo'pi sainyavargo nagaramārge
lagno dṛṣṭaḥ | svayamekākī saṃvṛttasturagamātrasahāyaḥ puraḥ sarovaramadrākṣīt
tatrāśvādavatīrya vṛkṣaśākhāyāmaśvaṃ nibadhya jalamavagāhya śāntapipāsastarucchāyāyāṃ viśaśrāma | tadānīmatibhayaṅkaraḥ kaścidvyāghraḥ samāpatat | taṃ dṛṣṭvāśvaśchinnabandho yathāgatamadhāvat | rājakumāro'pi bhayādvepamānāṅgaḥ śākhāmalambya drumamāruroha | tatra ca pūrvārūḍhaṃ bhallūkaṃ dṛṣṭvā dviguṇitabhayaṃ rājakumāraṃ
bhallūkaḥ sasāntvamabravīt — ‘bho rājakumāra mā bhaiṣīḥ | adya māṃ śaraṇaṃ
gatastvam | atastavāhaṃ kimaniṣṭaṃ kariṣyāmi ? | mayi viśvasya vyāghrādapi
na bhetavyam’ iti | tato rājakumāraḥ sabhayamidamabhāṣīt — ‘bho ṛkṣarāja ! ahaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | viśeṣato bhītaśca | mahatpuṇyaṃ śaraṇāgatarakṣaṇena te bhavet | uktaṃ ca —
ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve samagravaradakṣiṇāḥ
ekato bhayabhītasya prāṇinaḥ prāṇarakṣaṇam
Linked texts (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Subhāṣitasudhānidhi — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit