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# Ratnavali 20.13

Ratnāvalī 20.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.13)

(2.128) Rājā | sānanadam | yathāha bhvatī | sāgarikāṃ haste gṛhītvā sparśaṃ nāṭayati |  
(2.129) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | esā khu tae apuvvā sirī samāsādidā |  
(2.130) Rājā | vayasya | satyam |  
śrīr eṣā pāṇir apy asyāḥ pārijātasya pallavaḥ |  
kuto 'nyathā pataty eṣa svedacchadmāmṛtadravaḥ || 41 || (2.16)  
ayi | prasīda | na khalu sakhījane yuktam evaṃvidhaṃ kopānubandhaṃ kartum |  
(2.131) Susaṃgatā | sahi | adakkhiṇā si dāṇiṃ tumaṃ jā evvaṃ bhaṭṭiṇā hatthe avalambidā ajja vi kovaṃ ṇa muñcasi |  
(2.132) Vidūṣakaḥ | esā khu avarā devī vāsavadattā |  
(2.133) Rājā sacakitaṃ sāgarikāṃ muñcati |  
(2.134) Sāgarikā | susaṃgade | kiṃ dāṇiṃ ettha karissaṃ |  
(2.135) Susaṃgatā | sahi | edāe tamālavīdhiāe antaridāo bhavia ṇikkamamha |  
iti niṣkrānte |  
(2.136) Rājā | vilokya savismayam | vayasya | kvāsau devī vāsavadattā |  
(2.137) Vidūṣakaḥ | edaṃ mae bhaṇidaṃ jadhā | esā khu avarā devī vāsavadattā adidīhakovaṇadāe saṃvutta tti |  
(2.138) Rājā | dhiṅ mūrkha |  
prāptā katham api daivātkaṇṭham anītaiva sā prakaṭarāgā |  
ratnāvalīva kāntāmama hastād bhraṃṣitā bhvatā || 42 || (2.17)  
tataḥ praviśati vāsavadattā kāñcanamālā ca |  
(2.139) Vāsavadattā | hañje kañcaṇamāle | adha kettia dūre dāṇiṃ sā ajjauttaparigahidā ṇomāliā |  
(2.140) Kāñcanamālā | bhaṭṭiṇi | edaṃ kaalīharaṃ adikkamia dīsadi jjevva | tā edu bhaṭṭiṇī |  
iti parikrāmataḥ |  
(2.141) Rājā | vayasya | kvedānīṃ priyatamā draṣṭavyā |

> King | Joyfully: As the lady says. \[Taking Sāgarikā by the hand, he acts the sensation of touch.\]  
> Vidūṣaka | Ah! You have attained an unprecedented Śrī!  
> King | Friend, it is true:  
> She is Śrī, and her hand is a sprout of the pārijāta tree; / whence otherwise does this nectar-fluid fall in the guise of sweat? // 41  
> Ah, be gracious! Indeed it is not proper to prolong such anger toward your friends.  
> Susaṃgatā | Friend, you are now being obstinate, who, being thus supported by the hand by the master, still do not let go of your anger!  
> Vidūṣaka | Here indeed is a second queen, Vāsavadattā!  
> The King startled, releases Sāgarikā.  
> Sāgarikā | Susaṃgatā, what shall I do here now?  
> Susaṃgatā | Friend, let us depart concealed by this row of tamāla trees. \[Both exit.\]  
> King | Looking around in surprise: Friend, where is queen Vāsavadattā?  
> Vidūṣaka | What I meant was this: "She has become indeed a second queen Vāsavadattā by her excessive anger!"  
> King | Fie, fool!  
> Just obtained somehow by fate, with evident passion, / she, like a garland of gems \[Ratnāvalī\], beloved, not yet brought to my neck, has been dropped from my hand by you! // 42  
> Then enters Vāsavadattā and Kāñcanamālā.  
> Vāsavadattā | Hey, Kāñcanamālā, how far now is that navamālikā jasmine embraced by my noble lord?  
> Kāñcanamālā | Mistress, it is seen just beyond this plantain bower. So let the mistress come.  
> They walk around.  
> King | Friend, where is my dearest now to be seen?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali~en-mt.20.13) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.254) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit

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