[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) › 1.19 # Vikramarkacaritra 1.19 Vikramārkacaritra 1.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.19) iti kiṃca tvāṃ matto rakṣitvā svayaṃ hantumicchati | atastvamenamadhaḥ pātaya ahamenaṃ bhakṣayitvā gamiṣyāmi | tvamapi nijanagaraṃ gantumarhasi' iti tadākarṇya rājaputro jayapālo yāvadenamadhaḥ pātayitumārebhe tāvadbhallūko vṛkṣātpatannapi śākhāntaramālalambe | taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājaputro viphalaprayatno bibhāya | tadā bhallūkaḥ 'bhoḥ pāpiṣṭha kimarthaṃ bibheṣi ? | yatpurārjitaṃ karma tattavayā bhoktavyam atastvaṃ 'sasemirā' iti vadanpiśāco bhūtvā prativanaṃ paribhrama' iti śaśāpa | tataḥ prabhātamāsīt | vyāghrastu niragāt | bhallūko'pi yathecchaṃ jagāma | rājakumāro'pi ‘sasemirā’ iti vadanpiśāco bhūtvā vaneṣu paribabhrāma | tato'sya turaṅgamo nagaramagamat | tatra rājaputrarahitamaśvaṃ dṛṣṭvā janāḥ kevalamaśvamāgataṃ rājñe samācakhyuḥ | tato rājā mantriṇaḥ samāhūya bhaṇati sma— ‘bho mantriṇaḥ mṛgayārthaṃ kumāre nirgacchati mahaddurnimittamāsītkila tathāpi mattastadullaṅghya vanaṃ gataḥ | tasya phalaṃ sadya eva samupannatam | tadārūḍho'śvaḥ śūnyaḥ samāgataḥ | tattanmārgaṇāya vanaṃ prati gamiṣyāmi’ iti tataste'pyaṅgīcakruḥ sabhyāḥ | tato rājā mantribhiḥ parivāreṇa ca saha kumāro yena mārgeṇa gatastenaiva mārgeṇa vanaṃ prāviśat | tato vanamadhye paribhramantaṃ ‘sasemirā’ iti vadantaṃ piśācabhūtaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā mahāśokasāgaranimagnastamādāya svanagaramāgamat | āgatya ca tadunmādaśamanāya bahunvidhīnkārayāmāsa | kenāpi kumāraḥ svastho na babhūva | tasminsamaye rājā mantriṇaṃ bahuśrutamabhāṇīt —‘asminsamaye śāradānandastiṣṭhedyadi kṣaṇamātreṇa cikitsāṃ kuryāt | sa mayā vṛthaiva māritaḥ | puruṣeṇa yatkāryaṃ kriyate tadvicāyaiva kartavyam | tathā coktam — aparīkṣya na kartavyaṃ kartavyaṃ suparīkṣitam paścādbhavati saṃtāpaṃ brāhmaṇī nakule yathā - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.20) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.1.19) · Pramāṇa