Mālavikā and Agnimitra 3.6

3.6

iti yathārasamabhinayati .
vidūṣaka: . janāntikam . 2bho caūppadaṃvaththuaṃ duvāraṃ kadua tui
uvakhkhitto via appā tattahodīe .
rājā . sakhe evamāvayorhradayam . anayā khalu
janamimamanuraktaṃ viddhi nātheti geye
vacanamabhinayantyā svāṅganirdeśapūrvama .
praṇayagatimadaṣṭvā dhāriṇīsaṃnikarṣāda
ahamiva sukumāraprārthanāvyājamukta: .. 6 ..

[Thus she acts it out according to the sentiment.] / Jester: [Aside.] “Sir, having made the four-line composition an excuse, her ladyship has practically cast herself at you!” / King: “Friend, so it is in both our hearts. For by her, / while enacting the word in the song, ‘Lord, know this person to be in love,’ / with a prior gesture towards her own limbs, / seeing no way for affection due to Dhāriṇī’s proximity, / I was addressed as if under the guise of a delicate entreaty. (6)”