Mālavikā and Agnimitra 3.2

3.2

vidūṣakaḥ . apavārya 1ho uvaṣṭhiaṃ ṇaaṇamahu. saṃṇihidaṃ
makhkhiaṃ ca . tā appamatto dāṇiṃ pekhkha .
. tataḥ praviśatyācāryapratyavekṣyamāṇāṅgasauṣṭavā mālavikā
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1 bho upasthitaṃ nayanamadhu . saṃnihitā makṣikā ca . tadapramatta idānīṃ paśya .
. D parīvāra: 18A c hou and B D cha jha for
16. P pariṇatāyāḥ : : , "ho".-B ṇavraśamaṃ E F nayaṇam 20 ̟---
20 A BGi
cibhūbhāga
vidūṣakaḥ . janāntikam-. 1pekhkhadu bhavaṃ. ṇa hu se ḍichchandādo
parihīadiṃ maṃḍuraṃdā .
rājā . janāntikam . vayasya
citragatāyāmasyāṃ kāntivisaṃvādaśaṅki me hṛdayam .
saṃprati śithilasamādhiṃ manye yeneyamālikhitā. .. 2 ..

Jester: [Aside.] “Ah, the eye-honey is at hand, and the fly is near! So look now without carelessness.” / [Then enters Mālavikā, the perfection of whose limbs is closely inspected by her drama master.] / […] / Jester: [Aside.] “Look, my friend! Her loveliness does not fall short of the picture!” / King: [Aside.] “Friend, / when she was seen in the portrait, my heart suspected a discrepancy in her beauty; / now I think that the painter who depicted her was lax in concentration. (2)”