Ratnavali 20.14

20.14

(2.142) Kāñcanamālā | bhaṭṭiṇi | jadhā samīve bhaṭṭā mantedi tadhā takkemi | tumaṃ jevva paḍivālaanto ciṭṭhadi tti | tā uvasappadu bhaṭṭiṇī |
(2.143) Vāsavadattā | upasṛtya | jaadu jaadu ajjautto |
(2.144) Rājā | apavārya | vayasya | pracchādaya citraphalakam |
(2.145) Vidūṣako gṛhītvottarīyeṇa pracchādayati |
(2.146) Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | kusumidā ṇomāliā |
(2.147) Rājā | devi | prathamam apy āgatair asmābhis tvaṃ cirayasīti naiva dṛṣṭā | tad ehi | sahitāv eva paśyāva |
(2.148) Vāsavadattā | nivarṇya | ajjuttamuharāeṇa jjevva mae jāṇidaṃ jadhā | kusumidā sā ṇomālia tti | tā ṇa gamissaṃ |
(2.149) Vidūṣakaḥ | bhodi | jai evvaṃ tā jidaṃ amhehiṃ | iti bāhū prasārya nṛṭyan kakṣataṭāt phalake nipatite viṣādaṃ nāṭayati |
(2.150) Rājāpavārya vidūṣakam aṅgulyā tarjayati |
(2.151) Vidūṣakaḥ | apavārya | bho | mā kuppa | ahaṃ jevva ettha jāṇissaṃ |
(2.152) Kāñcanamālā | phalakaṃ gṛhītvā | pekkhadu pekkhadu bhaṭṭiṇī | kiṃ ettha ālihidaṃ |
(2.153) Vāsavadattā | nirūpya | aaṃ ajjautto | iaṃ pi sāariā | rājānaṃ prati | ajjutta | kiṃ ṇedaṃ |
(2.154) Rājā | savailakṣyam apavārya | vayasya | kiṃ bravīmi |
(2.155) Vidūṣakaḥ | bhodi | appā kila dukkhaṃ ālihīadi tti mama vaaṇaṃ suṇia piavaasseṇa edaṃ viṇṇāṇaṃ daṃsidaṃ |
(2.156) Rājā | yathāha vasantakas tathaivaitat |
(2.157) Vāsavadattā | phalakaṃ nirdiśya | ajjutta | esā vi jā avarā tuha samīve dīsadi edaṃ kiṃ ajjavasantaassa viṇṇāṇaṃ |

(2.142) Kāñcanamālā: Mistress, from how my lord is talking close by, I surmise he is waiting for you alone. So let my mistress draw near.
(2.143) Vāsavadattā: [Approaching] Victory, victory to my noble lord!
(2.144) King: [Aside] Friend, conceal the picture board!
(2.145) [The Jester takes it and covers it with his upper garment.]
(2.146) Vāsavadattā: Noble lord, has the navamālikā flowered?
(2.147) King: Queen, though we arrived earlier, thinking you were delaying, we did not look at it at all. So come, let us look at it together.
(2.148) Vāsavadattā: [Observing him] Just from the glow on my noble lord's face I know that the navamālikā has blossomed. So I will not go.
(2.149) Jester: Lady, if that is so, then we have won! [Stretching out his arms, dancing; as the board drops from under his armpit, he acts despair.]
(2.150) [The King, aside, threatens the Jester with his finger.]
(2.151) Jester: [Aside] Ah, do not be angry! I myself will manage this.
(2.152) Kāñcanamālā: [Picking up the board] Look, look, mistress! What is painted here?
(2.153) Vāsavadattā: [Looking closely] This is my noble lord. This too is Sāgarikā. [To the King] Noble lord, what is this?
(2.154) King: [Embarrassed, aside] Friend, what shall I say?
(2.155) Jester: Lady, upon hearing my remark that 'it is indeed difficult to paint oneself', my dear friend displayed this skill.
(2.156) King: It is just as Vasantaka says.
(2.157) Vāsavadattā: [Pointing to the board] Noble lord, this other one who is seen beside you—is this noble Vasantaka's skill?