Vikramarkacaritra 1.17

Vikramārkacaritra 1.17

Language: Sanskrit

1.17

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tato bhallūkena viśvāsito rājaputraḥ | atrāntare vyāghro'pi vṛkṣamūlamājagāma | sūryyaścāstamagāt | tato mṛgayāpariśrānto rājakumāro nidrāparavaśo bhallūkenāṅkamāropitaḥ sukhaṃ suṣuvāpa | tadavalokya vyāghro bhallūkamavādīt — 'bho ṛkṣa ! ayaṃ manuṣyo nagaranivāsī, asmāneva hantuṃ vanamāgataḥ | ataḥ śatrubhūtamenaṃ kathamaṅke nyaveśayaḥ ? | tvayopakṛto'pyapakārameva
te kariṣyati | tasmādamumadhaḥ pātaya' iti | tacchrutvā bhallūkaḥ prāha —
'ayaṃ kīdṛśo vā bhavatu | paraṃ māṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | ato'muṃ na pātayeyam
śaraṇāgatamāraṇena hi mahatpātakaṃ bhavet | tathā ca śrūyate —
viśvāsaghātakāścaiva śaraṇāgataghātakāḥ
vasanti narake ghore yāvaccandradivākarau

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Southern recension — Sanskrit