[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) › 3.8 # Carudatta 3.8 Cārudatta 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.8) yadvā tadvā bhavatu. kiṃ vā na kārayati manmathaḥ . yāvadārabhe karma . bhoḥ! deśaḥ ko nu jalāvasekaśithilaśchedādaśabdo bhavet bhittīnāṃ kva nu darśitāntarasukhaḥ sandhiḥ karālo bhavet. kṣārakṣīṇatayā caleṣṭakakṛśaṃ harmyaṃ kva jīrṇaṃ bhavet kutra strījanadarśanaṃ ca na bhavet svantaśca yatno bhavet ..8.. > Be that as it may. What will Love not make one do? Now let me begin the work. Ah! > Which spot might be loose from being sprinkled with water, so it makes no sound when cut? / Where might the breach in the walls be wide and offer an easy opening? / Where might the mansion be decayed, weak with loose bricks eaten away by salt? / And where will there be no sight of women, so that my effort may have a good end? (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.7) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.9) - [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.3.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.3.8) · Pramāṇa