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# Ratnavali 15

Ratnāvalī 15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.15)

devi | tad uttiṣṭha | āvāsābhyantaraṃ praviśāva |  
Sarva utthāya parikrāmanti |  
(1.82) Sāgarikā | kadhaṃ | patthidā devī | bhodu | turidaṃ gamissaṃ | rājānaṃ saspṛhaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥśvasya ca | haddhī haddhī | mandabhāinīe mae pekkhiduṃ pi ciraṃ ṇa pārido aaṃ jaṇo | iti niṣkrāntā |  
(1.83) Rājā | parikrāman |  
devi tvanmukhapaṅkajena śaśinaḥ śobhātiraskāriṇā  
paśyābjāni vinirjitāni sahasā gacchanti vicchāyatām |  
śrutvā te parivāravāravanitāgītāni bhṛṅgāṅganā  
līyante mukulāntareṣu śanakaiḥ saṃjātalajjā iva || 25 ||

> Queen, so arise. Let us enter within the dwelling.  
> \[All rise and walk about.\]  
> (1.82) Sāgarikā. What, the queen has set out? Well, I will go quickly. \[Looking at the King with longing and sighing:\] Alas, alas! Unfortunate as I am, I was not even able to look upon this person for long! \[She exits.\]  
> (1.83) King. \[Walking about:\]  
> Queen, seeing the lotuses conquered by your lotus face,  
> which eclipses the beauty of the moon, they quickly lose their luster;  
> and hearing the songs of the courtesans in your retinue,  
> the female bees slowly hide within the flower-buds, as if filled with shame. (1.25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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