Carudatta 3.5

3.5

maitreya! supyatām.
(niṣkrāntaśceṭaḥ.)
(praviśyābharaṇasamud‌gahastā)
ceṭīḥ---ayyamettea! uṭṭhehi uṭṭhehi. [āryamaitreya! uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha.]
vidūṣakaḥ---bhodi! kiṃ edaṃ. [bhavati! kimetat.]
ceṭī---iaṃ suvaṇṇabhaṇḍaṃ saṭṭhīe sattamīe pariveṭṭāmi. aṭṭamī khu ajja. [idaṃ suvarṇabhāṇḍaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ saptamyāṃ parivartayāmi . aṣṭamī khalvadya.]
nāyakaḥ---idaṃ tad vasantasenāyāḥ svakam.
ceṭī---āma. bhaṇādu bhaṇādu bhaṭṭidārao, gaṇhadu tti. [āma. bhaṇatu bhaṇatu bhartṛdārakaḥ gṛhṇātviti.]
nāyakaḥ---maitreya. gṛhyatām.
vidūṣakaḥ---kiṃ ṇimittaṃ aaṃ alaṅkāro abbhantaracaussālaṃ ṇa ppavesīadi. [kinnimittamayamalaṅkāro'bhyantaracatuḥśālaṃ na praveśyate.]
nāyakaḥ---mūrkha! bāhyajanadhāritamalaṅkāraṃ gṛhajano na drakṣyati.
vidūṣakaḥ---kā gaī . āṇehi gaṇhāmi corehiṃ gaṇhiamāṇaṃ . [kā gatiḥ . ānaya gṛhṇāmi caurairgṛhyamāṇam.]
(ceṭī dattvā niṣkrāntā.)
vidūṣakaḥ--bho! kiṃṇimittaṃ so pāvarao tassa gaṇiāpariāraassa diṇṇo. [bhoḥ! kinnimittaṃ sa prāvārakastasmai gaṇikāparicārakāya dattaḥ .]
nāyakaḥ---sānukrośatayā.
vidūṣakaḥ---iha vi sāṇukkosadā. [ihāpi sānukrośatā.]
nāyakaḥ---vayasya! mā maivama.[]
vidūṣakaḥ---ahaṃ bharidagaddabho via bhūmīe paloṭhṭhāmi . [ahaṃ bharitagardabha iva bhūmyāṃ praluṭhāmi.]
nāyakaḥ---nidrā māṃ bādhate. tūṣṇīṃ bhava. []
vidūṣakaḥ---asadu bhavaṃ suhappabohāa . jāva ahaṃ pi suvissaṃ. [śetāṃ bhavān sukhaprabodhāya . yāvadahamapi svapsyāmi.]
(dvāvapi svapataḥ.)
(tataḥ praviśati sajjalakaḥ.)
sajjalakaḥ---eṣa bhoḥ!
kṛtvā śarīrapariṇāhasukhapraveśaṃ
śikṣābalena ca balena ca karmamārgam.
gacchāmi bhūmiparisarpaṇaghṛṣṭapārśvo
nirmucyamāna iva jīrṇatanurbhujaṅgaḥ .. 5 ..

Maitreya! Let us sleep.
(The servant exits.)
(Entering, holding a jewel-casket in her hands)
Maidservant: Noble Maitreya! Get up, get up!
Jester: Good lady! What is this?
Maidservant: On the sixth and seventh days I keep custody of this gold vessel. Today is indeed the eighth.
Hero: This is Vasantasenā's property.
Maidservant: Yes. Let the young master speak, let him tell him to take it.
Hero: Maitreya, take it.
Jester: Why is this ornament not taken into the inner quadrangle?
Hero: Fool! The household will not look upon an ornament worn by an outsider.
Jester: What help is there? Hand it over; I will take what is bound to be taken by thieves.
(Having handed it over, the maidservant exits.)
Jester: Sir, why was that cloak given to that servant of the courtesan?
Hero: Out of compassion.
Jester: Compassion even here!
Hero: Friend, do not, do not say so.
Jester: I shall roll on the ground like an overloaded donkey.
Hero: Sleep oppresses me. Be quiet.
Jester: Let your honor lie down for a pleasant awakening, while I too go to sleep.
(Both fall asleep.)
(Then enters Sajjalaka.)
Sajjalaka: Here, sir!
Having made an opening for my work through the power of training and of strength, / wide enough for my body's breadth to enter easily, / I go along with my sides scraped by crawling on the ground, / like a serpent shedding its old slough. (5)