Carudatta 1.3

1.3

sūtrādhāraḥ---(saroṣam) āḥ aṇayye! evvaṃ de āsā chindīadu. abhāvaṃ ca gamissasi. ahaṃ caṇḍappavādalaṇḍio via varaṇḍī pavvadādo dūraṃ ārovia pāḍido mhi . (āḥ anārye! evaṃ te āśā chidyatām. abhāvaṃ ca gamiṣyasi. ahaṃ caṇḍapravātalaṇḍita iva varaṇḍaḥ parvatād dūramāropya pātito'smi.)
naṭī---mā bhāāhi mā bhāāhi. muhuttaaṃ paḍivāledu ayyo. savvaṃ sajjaṃ bhavissadi . laddhaṃ ṇāma edaṃ. ajja mama uvavāsassa ayyo sahāyo hodu. (mā bibhīhi mā bibhīhi . muhūrtakaṃ pratipālayatvāryaḥ sarvaṃ sajjaṃ bhaviṣyati. labdhaṃ nāmaitat. adya mamopavāsasyāryaḥ sahāyo bhavatu.)
sūtrādhāraḥ---kiṇṇāmaheo ayyāe uvavāso. (kinnāmadheya āryāyā upavāsaḥ.)
naṭī---abhirūpavadī ṇāma. (abhirūpapatirnāma.)
sūtrādhāraḥ---kiṃ aṇṇajādīe. (kimanyajātyām.)
naṭī---āma. (ām.)
sūtrādhāraḥ---savvaṃ dāva ciṭṭhadu. ko ṇu dāṇiṃ ayyāe uvavāsassa uvadesiyo. (sarvaṃ tāvat tiṣṭhatu. ko nvidānīmāryāyā upavāsasyopadeśikaḥ.)
naṭī---imiṇā vaḍivassaeṇa cuṇṇagoṭṭheṇa . (anena varivasyakena cūrṇagoṣṭhena .)

Stage Director: (Angrily) Ah, ignoble woman! May your hope be cut off like this, and may you come to ruin! Like a heap tossed by a violent wind, I have been lifted high up a mountain and dashed down!
Actress: Do not fear, do not fear. Let the noble sir wait just a moment; everything will be ready. It is as good as obtained. Today, let the noble sir assist in my religious fast.
Stage Director: What is the name of the noble lady's religious fast?
Actress: It is called 'Having a Handsome Husband'.
Stage Director: For another rebirth?
Actress: Yes.
Stage Director: Let all that wait. Who, now, was the adviser for the noble lady's religious fast?
Actress: This servant, Cūrṇagoṣṭha.