[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) › 2.4 # Carudatta 2.4 Cārudatta 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.5) - [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.2.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.4) · Pramāṇa