[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) › 3.6 # Carudatta 3.6 Cārudatta 3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.6) bhoḥ! vṛkṣavāṭikāpakṣadvāre sandhiṃ chittvā praviṭṭho'smi. yāvadidānīṃ catuḥśālamupasarpāmi . (sanirvedaṃ vicintya) bhoḥ! kāmaṃ nīcamidaṃ vadantu vibudhāḥ supteṣu yadvartate viśvasteṣu hi vañcanāparibhavaḥ śauryaṃ na kārkaśyatā. svādhīnā vacanīyatā'pi tu varaṃ baddho na sevāñjaliḥ mārgaścaṣa narendrasauptikavadhe pūrvaṃ kṛto drauṇinā..6.. > Ah! Having made a breach at the side gate of the orchard, I have entered. Now I will approach the quadrangle. (Reflecting with disgust) Ah! > Let the wise say this is low, as it takes place against sleeping men— / for treachery against the trusting is violence, not valor. / Yet even blame is better if one is one's own master, than hands joined in servitude; / and this path was trodden before by the son of Droṇa in slaying kings while they slept. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.5) - [Next: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.7) - [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.3.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika.3.11) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.6) · Pramāṇa