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Carudatta 2.4

Cārudatta 2.4

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Sanskrit

2.4

gaṇikā---so evva. [sa eva.]
ceṭī---haddhi, dariddo kkhu so. [hā dhik, daridraḥ khalu saḥ]
gaṇikā---ado kkhu kāmīadi. adidariddapurusasattā gaṇiā avaaṇīā hoi. [ataḥ khalu kāmyate. atidaridrapuruṣasaktā gaṇikā avacanīyā bhavati.]
ceṭī---ajjue! uddhūdapuphphaṃ sahaāraṃ mahuarā uvāsanti. [ajjuke! uddhṛtapuṣpaṃ sahakāraṃ madhukārā upāsate.]
gaṇikā---hañje! evaṃ, uvāsanti. de mahuarā tti pucchīanti. [hañje! evam, upāsate. te madhukarā iti pṛcchyante.]
ceṭī---kiṃ, vihavamandadāe vesavāsappasaṅgakādaro dukkhaṃ tti jai ṇa āacche! [kiṃ, vibhavamandatayā veśavāsaprasaṅgakātaro duḥkhamiti yadi nāgacchet.]
gaṇikā---ṇaṃ ahaṃ taṃ kāmemi. [nanvahaṃ taṃ kāmaye.]
ceṭī---jai ettao bahumāṇo, kiṃ ṇābhisarīādi. [yadyetāvān bahumānaḥ, kiṃ nābhisriyate.]

Courtesan: The very same.
Maidservant: Alas! Indeed, he is poor.
Courtesan: Therefore he is loved. A courtesan attached to a very poor man is free from reproach.
Maidservant: Mistress! Do bees resort to a mango tree whose flowers are stripped away?
Courtesan: Handmaid! Thus they resort to it; hence they are called bees.
Maidservant: What if, timid about frequenting a courtesan's quarters because of the decline of his wealth, he should not come, thinking it brings sorrow?
Courtesan: Surely, it is I who desire him.
Maidservant: If there is so much esteem, why do you not go to meet him?

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