[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) › 1.17 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.17 Vikramārkacaritra 1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.17) iti |' 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 - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.f7.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.17) · Pramāṇa