[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) › 2.5 # Carudatta 2.5 Cārudatta 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.5) gaṇikā---ṇa hu ṇa gacchāmi. kintu sahasā abhisarido paccuaāradullabhadāe puṇo me dullabho bhave tti vilambemi. \[na khalu na gacchāmi. kintu sahasābhisṛtaḥ pratyupakāradurlabhatayā punarme durlabho bhavediti vilambe.\] ceṭī---haṃ kiṃ etaṇṇimittaṃ tahi evva so alaṅkāro ṭhāvido. \[haṃ, kimetannimittaṃ tatraiva so'laṅkāraḥ sthāpitaḥ.\] gaṇikā---īdisaṃ evva. \[īdṛśameva.\] (tataḥ praviśatyapaṭīkṣepeṇa saṃvāhakaḥ.) saṃvāhakaḥ---ayye! saraṇāgado mhi. \[ārye! śaraṇāgato'smi.\] gaṇikā---alaṃ ayyassa sambhameṇa. \[alamāryasya sambhrameṇa.\] ceṭī---haṃ ka dāṇiṃ eso. \[haṃ ka idānīmeṣaḥ.\] gaṇikā---ummattie! kiṃ saraṇāado pucchīadi. \[unmattike! kiṃ śaraṇāgataḥ pṛcchyate.\] > Courtesan: It is not that I will not go. But if I go to meet him suddenly, he might become hard to reach for me again because a return of favour is difficult \[for him\]; therefore I delay. > Maidservant: Ah! Was that ornament deposited there for this reason? > Courtesan: Just so. > (Then enters, with a toss of the curtain, the Saṃvāhaka.) > Saṃvāhaka: Noble lady! I have come seeking refuge. > Courtesan: Enough of fear, noble sir. > Maidservant: Ah, who is this now? > Courtesan: Foolish girl! Is one who seeks refuge to be questioned? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.6) - [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.2.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.5) · Pramāṇa