[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) › 4.2 # Carudatta 4.2 Cārudatta 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.2) (tataḥ praviśatyābharaṇahastā'parā ceṭī.) ceṭī---suhaṃ ajjuāe. \[sukhamajjukāyāḥ.\] gaṇikā---hañje! sāadaṃ ḍe. \[hañje! svāgataṃ te.\] ceṭī---ajjue! attā āṇavedi---idaṃ duvāraṃ paviṭṭaṃ pokkharaṃ uvāvattidaṃ pahavaṇaṃ . tā tuvaramāṇamaṇḍaṇā gahīdāvauṇṭhaṇā āacchadu tti. iha alaṅkāraṃ alaṅkaredu ajjuā. \[ajjuke! ambā''jñāpayati--idaṃ dvāraṃ praviṣṭaṃ pauṣkaramupāvartitaṃ pravahaṇam. tat tvaramāṇamaṇḍanā gṛhītāvaguṇṭhanā''gacchatviti. ihālaṅkāramalaṅkārotvajjukā.\] gaṇikā---kiṃ ayyacārudatto maṇḍaissidi. \[kimāryacārudatto maṇḍayiṣyati.\] ceṭī---ṇahi, jeṇa alaṅkāro pesido so rāasālo saṇṭhāṇo . \[nahi, yenālaṅkāraḥ preṣitaḥ sa rājaśyālaḥ saṃsthānaḥ.\] gaṇikā---avehi aviṇīde!. \[apehyavinīte.\] ceṭī---pasīdadu pasīdadu ajjuā. sandesaṃ khu ahaṃ mantemi. (pādayoḥ patati). \[prasīdatu prasīdatvajjukā. sandeśaṃ khalvahaṃ mantraye.\] > (Then enters another maidservant, holding ornaments in her hands.) > Maidservant: Happiness to mistress! > Courtesan: Handmaid! Welcome to you. > Maidservant: Mistress! Mother gives orders: "Here, having entered the gate, a covered carriage has been brought around. So, hurrying with your adornment and having taken your veil, let her come." Here, let mistress put on the ornament. > Courtesan: Will noble Cārudatta do the adorning? > Maidservant: No; the one by whom the ornament was sent is the king's brother-in-law, Saṃsthāna. > Courtesan: Away, ill-mannered girl! > Maidservant: Relent, relent, mistress! It is indeed a message that I deliver. (Falls at her feet.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta~en-mt.4.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mṛcchakaṭika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.prakarana.mrcchakatika.4.p18) — Śūdraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.2) · Pramāṇa