[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) › 2.6 # Carudatta 2.6 Cārudatta 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.6) ceṭī---avi ṇāma sāhasio bhave. \[api nāma sāhasiko bhavet.\] gaṇikā---ummattie ! guṇavanto rakkhidavvo hodi. \[unmattike! guṇavān rakṣitavyo bhavati.\] saṃvāhakaḥ---ayye! ṇaṃ bhaeṇa uvaāro vissarido, ṇa paribhaveṇa. pekkhadu ayyā, bhīdāhavā padharisidāhavā āvaṇṇāhavā sulabhacārittavañcaṇāhavā avarāheduṃ samatthā honti. \[ārye! nanu bhayenopacāro vismṛtaḥ, na paribhavena, paśyatvāryā, bhītā athavā pradharṣitāṃ athavā āpannā athavā sulabhācāritravañcanā aparādhayituṃ samarthā bhavanti.\] gaṇikā---bhodu, bhodu. vissattho bhodu ayyo. gaṇiā kkhu ahaṃ.\[bhavatu, bhavatu . viśvasto bhavatvāryaḥ . gaṇikā khalvaham.\] saṃvāhakaḥ---abhijaṇeṇa, ṇa sīleṇa. \[abhijanena, na śīlena.\] gaṇikā---ha़ñje! evaṃ via. \[hañje! evamiva.\] ceṭī---ajjuā ayyaṃ pucchadi, kudo ayyassa bhaaṃ ti. \[ajjukā ārya pṛcchati, kuta āryasya bhayamiti.\] saṃvāhakaḥ---ayye! dhaṇiādo. \[ārye! dhanikāt.\] > Maidservant: Might he be a violent man? > Courtesan: Foolish girl, a virtuous man must be protected. > Saṃvāhaka: Noble lady, it was indeed through fear that courtesy was forgotten, not through disrespect. Look, noble lady: those who are afraid, or assaulted, or fallen into distress, or whose easy virtue has been deceived, are capable of giving offense. > Courtesan: Let it be, let it be. Let the noble sir feel secure. I am a courtesan. > Saṃvāhaka: By birth, not by character. > Courtesan: Handmaid, quite so. > Maidservant: Mistress asks the noble sir: whence is the noble sir's fear? > Saṃvāhaka: Noble lady, from a creditor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.7) - [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.2.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.6) · Pramāṇa