[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Udayana and other classical court plays](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana) › [Ratnavali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali) › 20.3 # Ratnavali 20.3 Ratnāvalī 20.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.3) (2.18) Susaṃgatā | sāgarikāyā hṛdaye hastaṃ dattvā | sahi | samassasa samassasa | jāva imādo digghiādo ṇaliṇīvattaāiṃ muṇāliāo a geṇhia lahuṃ lahuṃ āacchāmi | niṣkramya punaḥ praviṣṭā nāṭyena nalinīpattrāṇi sāgarikāyā hṛdaye nikṣipati | (2.19) Sāgarikā | sahi | avaṇehi imāiṃ ṇaliṇīvattāiṃ muṇāliāo a | alaṃ ediṇā | kīsa aāraṇe attāṇaaṃ āāsesi | ṇaṃ bhaṇāmi | dullahajaṇāṇurāolajjā garuī paravvaso appā | piasahi visamaṃ pemmaṃmaraṇaṃ saraṇaṃ ṇavaram ekkaṃ || 26 || (2.1) iti mūrchati | (2.20) Nepathye kalakalaḥ | kaṇṭhe kṛttāvaśeṣaṃ kanakamayam adhaḥ śṛṅkhalādāma karṣan krāntvā dvārāṇi helācalacaraṇaraṇatkiṅkiṇīcakravālaḥ | dattātaṅko 'ṅganānām anusṛtasaraṇiḥ saṃbhramād aśvapālaiḥ prabhraṣṭo 'yaṃ plavaṅgaḥ praviśati nṛpater mandiraṃ mandurāyāḥ || 27 || (2.2) api ca |naṣṭaṃ varṣavarair manuṣyagaṇanābhāvād apāsya trapām antaḥ kañcukikañcukasya viśati trāsād ayaṃ vāmanaḥ | paryantāśrayibhir nijasya sadṛśaṃ nāmnaḥ kirātaiḥ kṛtaṃ kubjā nīcatayaiva yānti śanakair ātmekṣaṇāśaṅkinaḥ || 28 || (2.3) (2.21) Susaṃgatā | ākarṇya sasaṃbhramam | sahi | uṭṭhehi uṭṭhehi | eso kkhu duṭṭhavāṇaro ido jjevva āacchadi | (2.22) Sāgarikā | kiṃ dāṇiṃ karissaṃ | (2.23) Susaṃgatā | ehi | imassiṃ tamālaviḍavandhaāre pavisia edaṃ adivāhemha | iti parikramyaikānte paryavasthite | (2.24) Sāgarikā | susaṃgade | kadhaṃ | tae cittaphalao ujjhido | kadā vi ko vi taṃ pekkhissadi | > (2.18) Susaṃgatā | Placing her hand on Sāgarikā's heart | Friend, take heart, take heart! While I fetch lotus leaves and lotus fibers from this oblong pond, I will return very quickly. | Having exited, entered again, she acts out placing lotus leaves upon Sāgarikā's heart. > (2.19) Sāgarikā | Friend, take away these lotus leaves and lotus fibers. Enough of this! Why do you distress yourself for no reason? For I say: > Attachment to an unobtainable person, modesty heavy, oneself dependent on others; > dear friend, love is painful, and death the only refuge. || 26 || (2.1) > She faints. > (2.20) A clamor behind the scenes. > Dragging below him the remains of a gold chain broken off at the neck, > passing through the gates, his circle of ankle-bells ringing from his playfully leaping feet, > causing terror to the women, his path pursued in haste by the grooms, > a monkey, escaped from the stable, enters the king's palace! || 27 || (2.2) > And moreover: > The eunuchs have fled, casting aside shame because of their lack of manhood; > this dwarf enters inside the chamberlain’s tunic out of fear; > the Kirātas, taking refuge in the corners, have acted in keeping with their name; > the hunchbacks creep slowly by their low stature, fearful of being noticed. || 28 || (2.3) > (2.21) Susaṃgatā | Listening, in flurry | Friend, get up, get up! That wicked monkey is coming right this way! > (2.22) Sāgarikā | What shall I do now? > (2.23) Susaṃgatā | Come! Entering the darkness of this tamāla bower, let us wait this out. > Having walked around, both stand in a secluded spot. > (2.24) Sāgarikā | Susaṃgatā, how is this? You left behind the picture board! Someone might see it! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.2) - [Next: 20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.4) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali~en-mt.20.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.523) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.3) · Pramāṇa