Ratnavali 20.15

20.15

(2.158) Rājā | savailakṣyasmitam | devi | alam anyathā saṃbhāvitena | iyaṃ hi mayā svacetasaiva parikalpyālikhitā na tu dṛṣṭapūrvā |
(2.159) Vidūṣakaḥ | bhodi | saccaṃ | savāmi bamhattaṇeṇa jai īdisī kadā vi diṭṭhapuvvā |
(2.160) Kāñcanamālā | apavārya | bhaṭṭiṇi | ghuṇakkharaṃ pi kadā vi saṃvadadi |
(2.161) Vāsavadattā | apavārya | ai ujjue | vasantao kkhu eso | ṇa jāṇāsi tumaṃ edassa vakkabhaṇidaṃ | prakāśam | ajjautta | mama uṇa edaṃ cittaphalaaṃ pekkhantīe sīsaveaṇā samuppaṇṇā | tā gamissaṃ |
(2.162) Rājā | paṭāntena gṛhītvā | devi |
prasīdeti brūyām idam asati kope na ghaṭate
kariṣyāmy eva no punar iti bhaved abhyupagamaḥ |
na me doṣo 'stīti tvam idam api ca jñāsyasi mṛṣā
kim etasmin vaktuṃ kṣamam iti na vedmi priyatame || 43 || (2.18)
(2.163) Vāsavadattā | savinayaṃ paṭāntam ākarṣantī | ajjautta | mā aṇṇadhā saṃbhāvehi | saccaṃ jevva sīsaveaṇā samuppaṇṇā | tā gamissaṃ |
iti niṣkrānte |
(2.164) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | diṭṭhiā vaḍḍhasi | khemeṇa amhāṇaṃ adikkantā aālavādāvalī |
(2.165) Rājā | dhiṅ mūrkha | kṛtaṃ paritoṣeṇa | ābhijātyā nigūḍho na lakṣittas tvayā devyāḥ kopānubandhaḥ | tathā hi |
bhṛūbhaṇge sahasodgate 'pi vadanaṃ nītaṃ parāṃ namratām
īṣan māṃ prati bhedakāri hasitaṃ noktaṃ vaco niṣṭhuram |
antarbāṣpajaḍikṛtaṃ prabhutayā cakṣur na vispharitaṃ
kopaś ca prakaṭīkṛto dayitayā muktaś ca na praśrayaḥ || 44 || (2.19)
tad ehi | devīsakāśam eva gacchāva |
iti niṣkrāntau |

(2.158) King: [With an embarrassed smile] Queen, do not suspect otherwise. For this one was painted by me simply imagining her in my own mind, not having been seen before.
(2.159) Jester: Lady, truly! I swear by my brahminhood if such a one was ever seen before!
(2.160) Kāñcanamālā: [Aside] Mistress, even a woodworm's mark sometimes turns out to be letters.
(2.161) Vāsavadattā: [Aside] Ah, simple girl, this is Vasantaka! Do you not know his crooked speech? [Aloud] Noble lord, from looking at this picture board a headache has come upon me. So I will go.
(2.162) King: [Catching the hem of her garment] Queen,
Should I say 'Be gracious', this fits not when anger is denied;
'I will never do it again' would be an admission;
'I am not at fault'—even this you will know to be false:
I know not what is fit to say in this case, my dearest beloved. || 43
(2.163) Vāsavadattā: [Politely pulling away the hem of her garment] Noble lord, do not think otherwise. Truly a headache has come upon me. So I will go.
[They exit.]
(2.164) Jester: Ah, joy to you! Fortunately the untimely squall has passed over us safely!
(2.165) King: Fie, fool! Enough of your satisfaction. Because of her noble birth, the continuity of the Queen's anger was concealed and not noticed by you. For:
Even though a knitting of the brows rose suddenly, her face was brought to complete humility;
there was a slight, wounding smile directed at me, but no harsh word was spoken;
her eyes, numbed by internal tears, were not rolled about through her self-command,
and anger was revealed by my beloved, yet courtesy was not abandoned. || 44
So come, let us go straight to the Queen.
[They both exit.]