Carudatta 3.16

3.16

(praviśya)
brāhmaṇī-radaṇie! radaṇie! āaccha! ṇahi suādi. kavāḍasaddaṃ dāva karissaṃ. (tathā karoti.)[radanike! radanike! āgaccha. na hi śrṛṇoti. kavāṭaśabdaṃ tāvat kariṣyāmi.]
ceṭī---`haṃ kavāḍasaddo via. bhaṭṭidāriā maṃ saddāvedi. (parikramya) bhaṭṭidārie ! ia mhi. [haṃ,kavāṭaśabda iva. bhartṛdārikā mā śabdāpayati. bhartṛdārike! iyamasmi.]
brāhmaṇī---ṇa parikkhado ṇa vāvādido ayyautto ayyametteo vā. [na parikṣato na vyāpādita āryaputra āryamaitreyo vā.]
ceṭī---kusalī bhaṭṭidārao ayyametteo a. jo tassa jaṇassa alaṅkāro coreṇa gahīdo. [kuśalī bhartṛdāraka āryamaitreyaśca. yastasya janasyālaṅkāraścoreṇa gṛhītaḥ.]
brāhmaṇī---kiṃ bhaṇasi coreṇa gahīda tti. [kiṃ bhaṇasi coreṇa gṛhīta iti.]
ceṭī---aha iṃ. [atha kim.]
brāhmaṇī---kiṃṇu khu tassa jaṇassa dādavvaṃ bhavissadi. ahava edaṃ daissaṃ. (karṇau spṛṣṭvā). haddhi tālīpattaṃ khu evaṃ. so dāṇiṃ pariao maṃ bilambedi. kiṃ vāṇiṃ karissaṃ. (vicintya) bhodu, diṭṭhaṃ. mama ñjādikulādo laddhā sadasahassamullā muttāvalī . taṃ pi ayyautto soḍhīradāe vaḍicchadi. bhodu, evaṃ dāva karissaṃ. (niṣkrāntā) [kinnu khalu tasmai janāya dātavyaṃ bhaviṣyati. athavaitad dāsyāmi. hā dhik tālīpatraṃ khalvetat. sa idānīṃ paricayo māṃ viḍambayati. kimidānīṃ kariṣyāmi . bhavatu, dṛṣṭam. mama jñātikulād labdhā śatasahasramūlyā muktāvalī. tāmapyāryaputraḥ śauṭīratayā pratīcchati. bhavatu, evaṃ tāvat kariṣyāmi.]
vidūṣakaḥ---imassa andhaāruppādidassa avarāhassa kiḍe bhavantaṃ sīseṇa pasādemi . dāṇiṃ me hatthe paḍicchadu attabhavaṃ. [asyāndhakārotpāditasyāparādhasya kṛte bhavantaṃ śīrṣeṇa prasādayāmi. idānīṃ me haste prayacchatvatrabhavān.]
nāyakaḥ---kiṃ bhavānidānīṃ māṃ bādhate?
bhavāṃstāvadaviśvāsī śīlajño mama nityaśaḥ.
kiṃ punaḥ sa kalājīvī vañcanāpaṇḍito janaḥ..16..

(Entering)
Brahmin's wife—Radanikā! Radanikā! Come! She does not hear. I will rattle the door-panel. (She does so.)
Maidservant—Ah, it sounds like the door-panel. The young mistress is calling me. (Walking about) Young mistress, here I am!
Brahmin's wife—My noble husband is not injured, is he, nor the noble Maitreya killed?
Maidservant—The young master and noble Maitreya are safe. But that person's ornament has been taken by a thief.
Brahmin's wife—What do you say, taken by a thief?
Maidservant—Why, yes!
Brahmin's wife—What on earth can be given to that person now? Or rather, I will give this. (Touching her ears) Oh, alas! This is only a palm-leaf scroll. That former habit mocks me now. What shall I do now? (Reflecting) Well, I have it. Obtained from my father's family, there is a pearl necklace worth a hundred thousand. But out of pride, my noble husband [might not] accept it. Well, this is what I will do. (Exit.)
Vidūṣaka—For this offense caused by the darkness, I beg your pardon with my head. Now let your honor place it into my hand.
Hero—Why do you trouble me now?
You, who constantly know my character, do not believe me;
what then of those people who live by their arts, skilled in deceit? (16)