[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [The Trivandrum plays attributed to Bhāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa) › [Carudatta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta) › 2.12 # Carudatta 2.12 Cārudatta 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.12) gaṇikā---jassa kide iśraṃ kalā sikkhidā, so evva ayyeṇa uvaciṭṭhidavvo bhavissadi. \[yasya kṛte iyaṃ kalā śikṣitā, sa evāryeṇopasthātavyo bhaviṣyati.\] saṃvāhakaḥ---(svagatam) ṇiuṇaṃ khu paccācakkhido mhi. ko hi ṇāma appaṇā kidaṃ paccuaāreṇa viṇāsedi. (prakāśam) ayye ! gacchāmi dāva ahaṃ. \[nipuṇaṃ khalu pratyākhyāto'smi . ko hi nāmātmanā kṛtaṃ pratyupakāreṇa vināśayati. ārye! gacchāmi tāvadaham.\] gaṇikā---gacchadu ayyo puṇodaṃsaṇāa. \[gacchatvāryaḥ punardarśanāya.\] saṃvāhakaḥ---ayye! taha. (niṣkrāntaḥ.) \[ārye! tathā .\] gaṇikā---haṃ saddo via. \[haṃ śabda iva.\] (praviśya) ceṭī---vicchittie! vicchittie! kahiṃ kahiṃ ajjuā. \[vicchittike! vicchittike! kutra kutrājjukā.\] gaṇikā---hañje! kiṃ edaṃ. \[hañje kimetat.\] > Courtesan: It is for the sake of the one for whom this art was learned that the noble sir must attend. > Saṃvāhaka: (Aside) Cleverly indeed have I been refused! For who would ruin what they have done by accepting a return favor? (Aloud) Noble lady, I shall go now. > Courtesan: May the noble sir go, until we meet again. > Saṃvāhaka: Noble lady, so be it. (Exits.) > Courtesan: Ah, that sounds like a noise! > (Entering) > Maidservant: Vicchittikā! Vicchittikā! Where, where is mistress? > Courtesan: Handmaid, what is this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.12) · Pramāṇa