Carudatta 2.8

2.8

saṃvāhakaḥ---pāḍaliputtaṃ me jammabhūmī. pakidīe vaṇijao ahaṃ. tado bhāadhea parivuttavāe dasāe saṃvāhaavuttiṃ uvajīvāmo. [pāṭaliputraṃ me janmabhūmiḥ. prakṛtyā vaṇigaham. tato bhāgadheyaparivṛttatayā daśayā saṃvāhakavṛttimupajīvāmi.]
gaṇikā---saṃvāhao ayyo. suumārā kalā sikkhidā ayyeṇa. [saṃvāhaka āryaḥ sukumārā kalā śikṣitāryeṇa.]
saṃvāhakaḥ--kaleti sikkhidā. ājīviaṃ dāṇiṃ saṃvṛttaṃ. [kaleti śikṣitā. ajīvikedānīṃ saṃvṛttā.]
gaṇikā---ṇivvedasūaaṃ via vaaṇaṃ ayyassa. tado tado. [nirvedasūcakamiva vacanamāryasya. tatastataḥ.]
saṃvāhakaḥ---ajjue! so dāṇi ahaṃ āantuāṇaṃ suṇia purusavisesako dūhaleṇa āado mhi imaṃ ujjaaṇi. [ajjuke! sa idānīmahamāgantukānāṃ śrutvā puruṣaviśeṣakautūhalenāgato'smī māmujjayanīm.]
gaṇikā---tado tado. [tatastataḥ.]
saṃvāhakaḥ---tado iha āadamatta evva kocci satthavāhaputto samāsādido. [tata ihāgatamātra eva kaścit sārthavāhaputraḥ samāsāditaḥ.]
gaṇikā---keriso. [kīdṛśaḥ.]

Saṃvāhaka: Pāṭaliputra is my birthplace. By trade I am a merchant. Then, as my state of life was turned upside down by fate, I live by the trade of a masseur.
Courtesan: The noble sir is a masseur. A delicate art has been learned by the noble sir.
Saṃvāhaka: It was learned as an art; now it has become a livelihood.
Courtesan: The noble sir's words seem to indicate despondency. What next? What next?
Saṃvāhaka: Mistress, having heard [tales] from travelers, I then came to this Ujjayinī out of curiosity about distinguished men.
Courtesan: What next? What next?
Saṃvāhaka: Then, as soon as I arrived here, a certain merchant's son was met with.
Courtesan: What was he like?