[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) › 2.3 # Carudatta 2.3 Cārudatta 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.3) gaṇikā---unmattie! āsācchedaṃ ukkaṇṭhantā kā sahedi. \[unmattike! āśācchedamutkaṇṭhamānā kā sahate.\] ceṭī---kiṃ ṇa sakkaṃ soduṃ. ko amhāṇaṃ maṇorahāutto. \[kiṃ na śakyaṃ śrotum. ko'smākaṃ manorathāvuttaḥ!\] gaṇikā---kiṃ tuvaṃ kāmadevāṇuyāṇe ṇa āadā si. \[kiṃ tvaṃ kāmadevānuyāne nāgatāsi.\] ceṭī---ṇaṃ āadamhi. \[nanvāgatāsmi.\] gaṇikā---keṇa udāsīṇaṃ mantesi. \[kenodāsīnaṃ mantrayase.\] ceṭī---bhaṇādu,bhaṇādu,ajjuā,bhaṇādu. \[bhaṇatu, bhaṇatvajjukā, bhaṇatu.\] gaṇikā---hañje! suṇāhi dāva. atthi satthavāhaputto cāludatto ṇāma. \[hañje! śruṇu tāvat asti sārthavāhaputraścārudatto nāma.\] ceṭī---jeṇa saraṇāgadā tuvaṃ rakkhidā. \[yena śaraṇāgatā tvaṃ rakṣitā.\] > Courtesan: Foolish girl! What woman, when longing, can endure a breach of hope? > Maidservant: Can it not be heard? Who is our 'brother-in-law of desire'? > Courtesan: Did you not go to the garden of Kāmadeva? > Maidservant: Why, I did go. > Courtesan: Why then do you speak with indifference? > Maidservant: Let my mistress speak, speak, speak! > Courtesan: Handmaid! Listen, then. There is a caravan-merchant's son named Cārudatta. > Maidservant: By whom you were protected when seeking refuge? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.4) - [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.2.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.3) · Pramāṇa