[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) › [Udayana and other classical court plays](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana) › [Mitabhashini](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini) › 2.17 # Mitabhashini 2.17 Mitabhāṣiṇī 2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.17) rājā (sapraṇāmam )—gacchatāṃ puro bhavantau | ahamapi anupadam āgata eva ubhau—vijayasva | (niṣkrāntā) rājā—mādhavya, apyasti śakuntalādarśane kutūhalam vidūṣakaḥ—paḍhamaṃ saparivāhaṃ āsi | dāṇiṃ rakkhasavvanteṇa bindūvi ṇa avasesido \[ prathamaṃ saparivāham āsīt | idānīṃ rākṣasavṛttāntena binduḥ api na avaśeṣitaḥ \] rājā—mā bhaiṣīḥ | nanu matsamīpe vattiṃṣyase vidūṣakaḥ—esa rakkhamādo rakkhidomhi \[ eṣa rākṣasādrakṣito'smi \] karabhakaḥ—jedu jedu bhaṭṭā| devī āṇavedi, āgāmiṇi cautthadivase puttapiṇḍapālaṇo ṇāma ubavāso bhavissadi tahiṃ dīhāuṇā avassaṃ amhe sambhāvaidavvetti \[jayatu jayatu bharttā| devī ājñāpayati āgāmini caturthadivase putrapiṇḍapālano nāma upavāso bhaviṣyati| tatra dīrghāyuṣā avaśyaṃ vayaṃ sambhāvayitavyā iti \] rājā—itastapasvikāryya m itò gurujanājñā| dvayamapyanatikramaṇīyam| kimatra pratividheyam vidūṣakaḥ—tisaṅka viya antarā ciṭṭha \[triśaṅka riva antarā tiṣṭha \] rājā-satyamākulībhūto'smikṛtayorbhinnadeśatvādvaidhībhavati me manaḥ puraḥ pratihataṃ śaile srotaḥ srotovaho yathā - [Previous: 2.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.16-2) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.19) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devanāgarī recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.2.16a4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.17) · Pramāṇa