[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Vikramarkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra) › 1.16 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.16 Vikramārkacaritra 1.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.16) iti 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 - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.17) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.f7.5) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.157.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.16) · Pramāṇa