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# Mitabhashini 2.3

Mitabhāṣiṇī 2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.3)

vidūṣakaḥ ( tathāsthita eva )—bho vayassa, ṇa me hatthapādā  
pasaranti vāṅmātteṇa jjayāvīasi—jayadu jayadu bhavaṃ \[ bho  
vayasya, na me hastapādaṃ prasarati | vāṅmātreṇa jāpyase jayatu  
jayatu bhavān \]  
rājā—kuto'yaṃ gātropaghātaḥ ?  
vidūṣakaḥ-kudo kila sayaṃ acchī āulīkaria assukāraṇaṃ pṛcchasi \[ kutaḥ kila svayamakṣi ākulīkṛtya aśrukāraṇaṃ  
pṛcchasi \]  
rājā-na khalvavagacchāmi  
vidūṣakaḥ-bho vayyassa jaṃ vedaso kujjalīlaṃ viḍambedi taṃ  
kiṃ attaṇo pahāveṇa ṇaīveassa \[bho vayasya yat vetasaḥ kubjalīlāṃ viḍambayati tat kimātmanaḥ prabhāveṇa nanu nadīvegasya \]  
rājā-nadīvegastatra kāraṇam  
vidūṣakaḥ-mama vi bhava' \[ mamāpi bhavān \]  
rājā-kathamiva  
vidūṣakaḥ-evva rājakajjāṇi ujjhia eārise āulappadese vaṇacaravuttiṇā tue hodavvaṃ, jaṃ saccaṃ paccahaṃ sāvadasamucchāraṇehiṃ saṃkhohiasaṃdhibaṃ'dhāṇaṃ mama gattāṇa aṇīsomhi saṃvutto  
tā pasīda me ekkāhampi dāva visammīadu \[ eva' rājakāryāṇi  
ujjhitvā etādṛśe ākulapradeśe vanacaravṛttinā tvayā bhavitavyaṃ  
yat satyaṃ pratyahaṃ śvāpadamamutsāraṇaiḥ saṃkṣobhitasandhivandhānā  
mama gātrāṇām anīśo'smi savṛttaḥ | tat prasīda me, ekāhamapi  
tāvat viśramyatām \]  
rājā ( svagatam ) - ayaṃ caivamāha | mamāpi kāśyapasutāmanusmṛtya mṛgayāvikalavaṃ cetaḥ | kutaḥna namayitumadhijyamasmi śakto dhanuridamāhitasāyakaṃ mṛgeṣu  
sahavasatiyupetya yaiḥ priyāyāḥ kṛta iva mugdhavilokitopadeśa

### [2.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.3.p1)

vidūṣakaḥ ( rājño mukhaṃ vilokya )—attabhavaṃ kiṃ vi hiae  
karia mante di | araṇṇe mae rudiyaṃ āsi \[atrabhavān kimapi  
hṛdaye kṛtvā mantrayate | araṇye mayā ruditam āsīt \]  
rājā—( sasmitam )—kimanyat | anatikramaṇīyaṃ me suhṛdvākyamiti sthito'smi  
vidūṣakaḥ—ciraṃ jovva \[ ciraṃ jīva \] | ( gantumicchati )  
rājā—vayasya tiṣṭha | sāvaśeṣaṃ me vacaḥ  
vidūṣakaḥ—āṇavedu bhavaṃ \[ ājñāpayatu bhavān \]  
rājā—viśrāntena bhavatā mamāpyekasmin anāyāse karmmaṇi  
sahāyena bhavitavyam  
vidūṣakaḥ—kiṃ modaakhajjiāe teṇa hi ayaṃ sugahīdo jaṇo

### [2.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.3.p2)

\[ kiṃ modakakhādikāyām | tena hi ayaṃ sugṛhīto janaḥ \]

## Linked texts (1)

- [Devanāgarī recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.2.3b1) — Sanskrit

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