[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) › 2.2 # Carudatta 2.2 Cārudatta 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.2) gaṇikā---suṭṭhu tue kidaṃ. aviñcidā de diṭṭhī. īdisavaṇṇayyeva. \[suṣṭhu tvayā kṛtam, avañcitā te dṛṣṭiḥ. īdṛśavarṇaiva!\] ceṭī---aṇalaṃkidaṃ pi ajjuaṃ maṇḍidaṃ via pekkhāmi. kāmo hi bhaavaṃ aṇavagīdo ūsuvo taruṇajaṇassa. \[analaṅkṛtāmapyajjukāṃ maṇḍitāmiva paśyāmi. kāmo hi bhagavānanavagīta utsavastaruṇajanasya.\] gaṇikā---hadāse! ukkaṇṭhidavve kā de radī. \[hatāśe! utkaṇṭhitavye kā te ratiḥ.\] ceṭī---ajjue! icchāmi pucchiduṃ bahumāṇo via ramaṇīo kocci rāakumāro. \[ajjuke! icchāmi praṣṭuṃ bahumāna iva ramaṇīyaḥ kaścid rājakumāraḥ.\] gaṇikā---ramiduṃ icchāmi, ṇa seviduṃ. \[rantumicchāmi, na sevitum.\] ceṭī---kiṇṇu khu vijjāvisesaramaṇīo kocci bramhaṇadārao. \[kinnu khalu vidyāviśeṣaramaṇīyaḥ kaścid brāhmaṇadārakaḥ.\] gaṇikā---atthi adibahumado vissambho. pūaṇīo khu so jaṇo. \[astyatibahumato viśrambhaḥ . pūjanīyaḥ khalu sa janaḥ.\] ceṭī---kiṇṇu hu vaṇijadārao kocci āgantuo. \[kinnu khalu vaṇigdārakaḥ kaścidāgantukaḥ.\] > Courtesan: You have guessed right; your sight is not deceived. It is indeed of such a character! > Maidservant: Though unadorned, I see my mistress as if adorned. Indeed, the blessed God of Love is a blameless festival for young people. > Courtesan: Wretched girl! What pleasure do you take in longing? > Maidservant: Mistress! I wish to ask: is it some prince, charming with deep respect? > Courtesan: I wish to take pleasure, not to serve. > Maidservant: Is it perhaps some young Brahmin, charming with exceptional learning? > Courtesan: There is great esteem and trust; indeed, that person is to be worshipped. > Maidservant: Is it then some young merchant who is a stranger? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.3) - [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.2.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.2) · Pramāṇa