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Carudatta 4.8

Cārudatta 4.8

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Sanskrit

4.8

gaṇikā---suṭṭhu, mae vi pucchidavvaṃ edāe pucchidaṃ. [suṣṭhu, mayāmi praṣṭavyametayā pṛṣṭam.]
sajjulakaḥ---madanike! etāvat kiṃ na paryāptaṃ, dvitīyamapyakāryaṃ kariṣyāmi. na khalvatra śastreṇa kaścit parikṣato vyāpādito vā.
ceṭī---sajjalaa! saccaṃ . [sajjalaka! satyam.]
sajjalakaḥ---satyam.
ceṭī---sāhu sajjalaa! piaṃ me. [sādhu sajjalaka! priyaṃ me.]
sajjalakaḥ---kiṃ kiṃ priyamityāha. īdṛśaṃ madanike!
tvatsnehabaddhahṛdayo hi karomyakāryaṃ
santuṣṭapūrvapuruṣe'pi kule prasūtaḥ.

Courtesan: Well done! What I too should have asked, she has asked.
Sajjalaka: Madanikā! Is not this much enough, that I would commit a second crime? Truly no one there was wounded with a weapon or killed.
Maidservant: Sajjalaka, is it true?
Sajjalaka: It is true.
Maidservant: Well done, Sajjalaka! That pleases me!
Sajjalaka: Why, why does she say, "It pleases me"? Such a thing, Madanikā!
For with my heart bound by love for you, I commit an evil deed,
though born in a family whose forefathers were well-contented; (4a-b)

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