[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) › 2.8 # Carudatta 2.8 Cārudatta 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.9) - [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.2.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.2.8) · Pramāṇa