Carudatta 1.30
Cārudatta 1.30
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1.30
gaṇikā---(ātmagatam) dīvāloasūidarūvo so evva dāṇi eso jassa kide ahaṃ ṇissāsamattalakkhidaṃ sarīraṃ uvvahāmi. (dīpālokasūcitarūpaḥ sa evedānīmeṣaḥ, yasya kṛte'haṃ niḥśvāsamātrarakṣitaṃ śarīramudvahāmi.)
vidūṣakaḥ---bho cārudatta! rāasālo saṇṭhāṇo savaṭṭeṇa sīseṇa aṇuvandia viṇṇavedi-ṇāḍaaitthiā vasantaseṇiā ṇāma gaṇiādāriā amhedi balakkāreṇa ṇīamāṇā mahanteṇa suvaṇṇālaṅkāreṇa tumhāṇaṃ gehaṃ paviṭṭhā. sā suve ṇiyyāaidavvatti. (bhoḥ cārudatta! rājaśyālaḥ saṃsthānaḥ sapaṭṭena śīrṣeṇānuvandya vijñāpayatināṭakastrī vasantasenā nāma gaṇikādārikāsmābhirbalātkāreṇa nīyamānā mahatā suvarṇālaṅkāreṇa yuṣmākaṃ gehaṃ praviṣṭā. sā śvo niryātayitavyeti.)
gaṇikā---(ātmagatam) haṃ balakkāreṇa ṇīamāṇatti ṇaṃ bhaṇādi. bhodu, aaṃ pattakālo. (prakāśam) ayya! saraṇāgadamhi. (ahaṃ balātkāreṇa nīyamāneti nanu bhaṇati. bhavatu, ayaṃ prāptakālaḥ. ārya! śaraṇāgatāsmi.)
nāyakaḥ---na bhetavyaṃ, na bhetavyam . kiṃ vasantasenaivā .
vidūṣakaḥ---avihā vasantaseṇā. (apavārya) bho cārudatta! vasantaseṇā khu iaṃ, jā bhavadā kāmadevāṇuāṇappahudi ṇaaṇamattasaṃtthudā saṇṇihidamaṇobhaveṇa hiaeṇa uvvahīadi! tā pekkhadu iaṃ . (avihā vasantasenā . bhoḥ cārudatta! vasantasenā khalviyaṃ, yā bhavatā kāmadevānuyānaprabhṛti nayanamātrasaṃstutā sannihitamanobhavena hṛdayenoduhyate . tat paśyatvimām.)
nāyakaḥ---vayasya! paśyāmyenāṃ,
yatra me patitaḥ kāmaḥ kṣīṇe vibhavasañcaye.
roṣaḥ kupuruṣasyeva svāṅgeṣvevāvasīdati .. 28 ..
Courtesan—(To herself) His form revealed by the lamp-light, this is indeed he for whose sake I bear a body preserved only by sighs.
Jester—O Cārudatta! Saṃsthāna, the king's brother-in-law, bowing his turbanned head, sends this message: “The actress, a young courtesan named Vasantasenā, was being abducted by us by force when, with a great hoard of gold ornaments, she entered your house. She must be returned tomorrow.”
Courtesan—(To herself) Ah! He says, “being abducted by us by force.” So be it; the moment has arrived. (Aloud) Noble sir! I have come for refuge.
Hero—Do not fear, do not fear. Can it really be Vasantasenā?
Jester—Good heavens, it is Vasantasenā! (Aside) O Cārudatta! This is indeed Vasantasenā, who, ever since the procession of Kāmadeva, has been known to you merely by sight and borne in a heart in which love has made its dwelling! So look upon her.
Hero—My friend! I look upon her,
upon whom my love has fallen when my store of wealth is exhausted;
like the wrath of a base man, it only languishes within one's own limbs. (28)
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- Mṛcchakaṭika — Śūdraka, Sanskrit