[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) › 4.7 # Carudatta 4.7 Cārudatta 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.6) - [Next: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.8) - [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.4.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.carudatta.4.7) · Pramāṇa