Carudatta 4.7
Cārudatta 4.7
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- Sanskrit
4.7
sajjalakaḥ---unmattike! sāhase khalu śrīrvasati.
ceṭī---apaṇḍido khu si. ko hi ṇāma jīvideṇa sarīraṃ vikkīṇissadi. aha kassa gehe iaṃ vissāsavañcaṇā kidā. [apaṇḍitaḥ khalvasi. ko hi nāma jīvitena śarīraṃ vikreṣyati. atha kasya gehe iyaṃ viśvāsavañcanā kṛtā.]
sajjalakaḥ---yathā prabhāte mayā śrutaṃ--śreṣṭhicatvare prativasati sārthavāhaputraścārudatto nāma.
ubhe--hum.
sajjalakaḥ---ayi,
viṣādasrastasarvāṅgī sambhramotphullalocanā.
mṛgīva śaraviddhāṅgī kampase cānukampase.. 3..
ceṭī---saccaṃ bhaṇāhi. satthavāhakule sāhasaṃ karanteṇa tu e kocci kulavutto sattheṇa atthi parikkhado vāvādido vā . [satyaṃ bhaṇa . sārthavāhakule sāhasaṃ kurvatā tvayā kaścit kulaputraḥ śastreṇāsti parikṣato vyāpādito vā.]
Sajjalaka: Foolish girl! Fortune indeed dwells in daring!
Maidservant: You are truly a fool. For who would sell their body for the sake of livelihood? But in whose house was this breach of trust committed?
Sajjalaka: As I heard at dawn—in the Guild Square lives the merchant's son named Cārudatta.
Both: Ah!
Sajjalaka: Ah!
With all your limbs drooping in dejection, your eyes wide with agitation,
like a doe whose limbs are pierced by an arrow, you tremble, and you arouse pity. (3)
Maidservant: Tell the truth! While committing this daring act in the merchant's house, was any high-born youth wounded with a weapon or killed by you?
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