Ratnavali 19

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tataḥ praviśati śārikāpañjaravyagrahastā susaṃgatā |
(2.1) Susaṃgatā | haddhī haddhī | adha kahiṃ dāṇiṃ mama hatthe imaṃ sāriaṃ ṇikkhivia gadā me piasahī sāariā bhavissadi | anyato dṛṣṭvā | esā khu ṇiuṇiā ido jjevva āacchadi |
tataḥ praviśati nipuṇikā |
(2.2) Nipuṇikā | uvaladdho kkhu mae bhaṭṭiṇo vuttanto | tā jāva gadua bhaṭṭiṇīe ṇivedemi | iti parikrāmati |
(2.3) Susaṃgatā | halā ṇiuṇie | kahiṃ dāṇiṃ tumaṃ vimhaākhittahiaā via idhaṭṭhidaṃ maṃ avadhīria ido adikkamasi |
(2.4) Nipuṇikā | kadhaṃ | susaṃgadā | halā susaṃgade | suṭṭhu tae jāṇidaṃ | edaṃ khu mama vimhaassa kāraṇaṃ | ajja kila bhaṭṭā siripavvadādo āadassa sirikhaṇḍadāsaṇāmadheassa dhammiassa saāsādo aālakusumasaṃjaṇaṇadohalaṃ sikkhia attaṇo parigahidaṃ ṇomāliaṃ kusumasamiddhisohidaṃ karissadi tti edaṃ vuttantaṃ devīe ṇivediduṃ pesida mhi | tumaṃ uṇa kahiṃ patthidā |
(2.5) Susaṃgatā | piasahiṃ sāariaṃ aṇṇesiduṃ |
(2.6) Nipuṇikā | diṭṭhā mae sāariā gahidasamuggaacittaphalaavaṭṭiā kaalīharaṃ pavisantī | tā gaccha piasahiṃ | ahaṃ pi devīsaāsaṃ gamissaṃ |
iti niṣkrānte |
iti praveśakaḥ |

Then enters Susaṃgatā, her hands busy with a cage holding a myna bird.
(2.1) Susaṃgatā. Alas, alas! Now where can my dear friend Sāgarikā have gone after putting this myna bird into my hands? [Looking elsewhere:] Here indeed is Nipuṇikā coming this very way!
[Then enters Nipuṇikā.]
(2.2) Nipuṇikā. I have indeed discovered news of our lord! So let me go and inform the queen. [She walks about.]
(2.3) Susaṃgatā. Friend Nipuṇikā, where are you going now with your heart distracted by wonder, passing by without noticing me standing right here?
(2.4) Nipuṇikā. What, Susaṃgatā? Friend Susaṃgatā, you have perceived it rightly! This indeed is the cause of my wonder: Today, having learned the art of producing out-of-season blossoming from a holy man named Śrīkhaṇḍadāsa who arrived from Śrīparvata, our lord will make his favorite navamālikā jasmine splendid with an abundance of flowers; and I have been sent to report this news to the queen. But where have you set out for?
(2.5) Susaṃgatā. To look for my dear friend Sāgarikā.
(2.6) Nipuṇikā. I saw Sāgarikā entering the plantain bower, holding a casket, a picture board, and a paintbrush. So go to your dear friend; I too will go to the queen.
[Both exit.]
Thus ends the introductory scene.