[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) › 1.18 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.18 Vikramārkacaritra 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.18) iti atrāntare suptotthitaṃ rājakumāraṃ bhallūkaḥ prāha — 'bho rājakumāra ! ahaṃ nidrāṃ gamiṣyāmi | tvamatrāpramattastiṣṭha' iti | rājakumāraḥ 'tathā bhavatu' ityāha tato bhallūko rājaputrasamīpe nidrāmavāpa | tadā vyāghraḥ prāha — 'rājakumāra tvamasminviśvāsaṃ mā kuru | yato'yaṃ bhallūkaścañcalacitto dṛśyate | tato'sya prasādo'pi bhayaṅkaraḥ | tathā cocyate — kṣaṇe tuṣṭāḥ kṣaṇe ruṣṭāḥ vituṣṭāśca kṣaṇāntare avyavasthitacittānāṃ prasādo'pi bhayaṃkaraḥ - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.17) - [Next: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.19) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.18) · Pramāṇa