Carudatta 2.10
Cārudatta 2.10
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- Sanskrit
2.10
ceṭī---ko ṇāma so ayyo. [ko nā sa āryaḥ.]
saṃvāhakaḥ---ayyacārudatto ṇāma. [āryacārudatto nāma.]
gaṇikā---jujjai. tado tado. [yujyate. tatastataḥ.]
saṃvāhakaḥ---tado so vibhavamandadāe assāhīṇaparijaṇo visajjiakuḍumbabharaṇo cārittamattāvaseso satthavāhakule paḍivasidi . ahaṃ pi teṇa ayyeṇa abbhaṇuññādo---aṇṇaṃ uvaciṭṭhadu tti . kahaṃ aṇṇaṃ erisa maṇussaraaṇaṃ labhaiaṃ tti, kahaṃ ca tassa komalalalidamahurasarīrapparisakidatthaṃ me hatthaṃ sāhāraṇasarīrasammaddeṇa soaṇīaṃ karissaṃ tti jādaṇivvedo baddhasarīrakkhaṇatthaṃ jūdovajīvī saṃvṛtto. [tataḥ sa vibhavamandatayā svādhīnaparijano visarjitakuṭumbamaraṇaścāritramātrāvaśeṣaḥ sārthavāhakule prativasati. ahamapi tenāryeṇābhyanujñāto'nyamupatiṣṭhitāmiti . kathamanyamīdṛśaṃ manuṣyaratnaṃ labheyeti, kathaṃ ca tasya komalalalitamadhuraśarīrasparśakṛtārthaṃ me hastaṃ sādhāraṇaśarīrasammardena śocanīyaṃ kariṣyāmīti jātanirvedo dagdhaśarīrarakṣaṇārthaṃ dyūtopajīvī saṃvṛttaḥ .]
(gaṇikā saṃharṣabāṣpaṃ ceṭīmavalokayati.)
ceṭī---tado tado. [tatastataḥ .]
saṃvāhakaḥ---tado bahūṇi diṇāṇi mae parāideṇa puruseṇa kadāi ahaṃ pi dahasu suvaṇṇesu parāido mhi. [tato bahūni dināni mayā parājitena puruṣeṇa kadācidahamapi daśasu suvarṇeṣu parājito'smi.]
gaṇikā---tado tado. [tatastataḥ.]
Maidservant: What is that noble sir's name?
Saṃvāhaka: Noble Cārudatta is his name.
Courtesan: It fits! And then? And then?
Saṃvāhaka: Then, because his fortune diminished, though his attendants remained devoted to him, he dismissed the burden of supporting a household, and, with only his virtuous character remaining, he lives in the merchants' quarter. I too was permitted by that noble sir, [who said,] "Enter someone else's service." Wondering how I could ever find another such jewel among men, and how I could bring grief upon my hands—which had attained their fulfillment in touching his tender, graceful, and sweet body—by massaging ordinary bodies, full of despondency, I took up gambling for a living merely to preserve this wretched body.
(The courtesan looks at the maidservant with tears of joy.)
Maidservant: And then? And then?
Saṃvāhaka: Then, by a man whom I had defeated for many days, I too was one day defeated for ten gold coins.
Courtesan: And then? And then?
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