[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) › 3.4 # Carudatta 3.4 Cārudatta 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.4) vidūṣakaḥ---suṭṭhu bhavaṃ bhaṇādi. antaddhiamāṇacandraladdhāvaāso odaradī via pāsādādo andhaāro. \[suṣṭhu bhavān bhaṇati . antardadhānacandralabdhāvakāśo'vataratīva prāsādādandhakāraḥ .\] nāyakaḥ---(parikramya) idamasmadīyaṃ gṛham . vardhamānaka! vardhamānaka! vidūṣakaḥ---vaddhamāṇaa ! vaddhamāṇaa! duāraṃ avāvuda. \[vardhamānaka! vardhamānaka! dvaramapāvṛṇu.\] (praviśya) ceṭaḥ---ammo ayyametteo . \[ammo āryamaitreyaḥ.\] nāyakaḥ---vardhamānaka! ceṭaḥ---ammo bhaṭṭidārao . bhaṭṭidāraa! vandāmi. \[ammo bhartṛdārakaḥ. bhartṛdāraka! vande.\] nāyakaḥ---pādodakamānaya. 'ceṭaḥ---(parikramya) idaṃ pādodaaṃ . (nāyakasya pādau prakṣālayati.) \[idaṃ pādodakam.\] vidūṣakaḥ---vaḍḍhamāṇavaa ! mama vi pādaṃ pakkhālehi. \[vardhamānaka! mamāpi pādaṃ prakṣālaya.\] ceṭaḥ---suhodesu pādeṣu bhūmīe paloṭṭhidavvaṃ . udaaṃ viṇāsehi. ahava āṇehi. pakkhālaissaṃ . (nāṭyena vidūṣakasya pādau prakṣālayati.) \[sudhautayoḥ pādayorbhūmyāṃ praloṭhitavyam. udakaṃ vināśaya. athavā naya. prakṣālayiṣyāmi.\] vidūṣakaḥ---ṇa kevalaṃ dāsīeputteṇa pādā dhodā, muhaṃ vi dhaudaṃ. \[na kevalaṃ dāsyāḥ putreṇa pādau dhautau, mukhamapi dhautam .\] nāyakaḥ---vayasya. iyaṃ hi nidrā nayanāvalambinī lalāṭadeśādupasarpatīva mām . adṛśyamānā capalā jareva yā manuṣyavīrya paribhūya vardhate .. 4 .. > Jester: You speak truly. Having found room as the moon vanishes, the darkness seems to descend from the palace. > Hero: (Walking around) This is our house. Vardhamānaka! Vardhamānaka! > Jester: Vardhamānaka! Vardhamānaka! Open the door. > (Entering) > Servant: Ah, noble Maitreya! > Hero: Vardhamānaka! > Servant: Ah, young master! Young master, I salute you. > Hero: Bring water for our feet. > Servant: (Walking around) Here is water for the feet. (He washes the hero's feet.) > Jester: Vardhamānaka, wash my feet too. > Servant: With well-washed feet you must roll on the ground. You are wasting water. Or else bring them; I will wash them. (He mimes washing the jester's feet.) > Jester: The son of a slave-girl has not only washed my feet; he has washed my face too. > Hero: Friend, > This sleep, clinging to my eyes, seems to creep over me from my forehead, / unseen and unsteady like old age, which grows as it overcomes human strength. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.3) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta~en-mt.3.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika.3.6_29) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.4) · Pramāṇa