Ratnavali 20.5

20.5

paśyan kopavipāṭaladyuti mukhaṃ devyāḥ kariṣyāmy aham || 29 || (2.4)
(2.35) Vidūṣakaḥ | sahasopasṛtya | jaadu jaadu piavaasso | bho vaassa | diṭṭhiā vaḍḍhasi | jeṇa diṇṇametteṇa iti puṇaḥ paṭhati |
(2.36) Rājā | kaḥ saṃdehaḥ | acintyo hi maṇimantrauṣadhīnāṃ prabhāvaḥ | tad ādeśaya mārgaṃ yena vayam api tadālokanena cakṣuṣaḥ phalam anubhavāmaḥ |
(2.37) Vidūṣakaḥ | sāṭopam | edu edu bhavaṃ |
ity ubhau parikrāmataḥ |
(2.38) Vidūṣakaḥ | ākarṇya sabhayaṃ nivṛtya rājānaṃ haste gṛhītvā sasaṃbhramam | bho vaassa | ehi | palāamha |
(2.39) Rājā | kim artham |
(2.40) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | edassiṃ baulapāave ko vi bhūdo paḍivasadi |
(2.41) Rājā | dhiṅ mūrkha | viśrabdhaṃ gamyatām | kuta īdṛśānām atra saṃbhavaḥ |
(2.42) Vidūṣakaḥ | phuḍakkharaṃ jevva mantedi | jai mama vaaṇaṃ ṇa pattiāasi tā aggado bhavia saaṃ jevva āaṇṇehi |
(2.43) Rājā | tathā kṛtvā śrutvā ca |
spaṣtākṣaram idaṃ tāvan madhuraṃ strīsvabhāvataḥ |
alpāṅgatvād anirhrādi manye vadati śārikā || 30 || (2.5)
ūrdhvaṃ nirūpya smitaṃ kṛtvā | śārikaiva |
(2.44) Vidūṣakaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ nirūpya | kadhaṃ | saccaṃ jevva sāriā |
(2.45) Rājā | vihasya | evam |
(2.46) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho vaassa | tumaṃ bhaāluo jeṇa sāriaṃ bhūdaṃ ti mantesi |
(2.47) Rājā | dhiṅ mūrkha | yad ātmanā kṛtam tan mayi saṃbhāvayasi |

surely seeing, I shall make the queen's face turn crimson with anger. || 29 || (2.4)
(2.35) Vidūṣaka (approaching suddenly): Victory, victory to my dear friend! Friend, congratulations! By the mere application of— (He recites again as before).
(2.36) King: What doubt is there? Inconceivable indeed is the power of gems, mantras, and herbs. So show the way, so that we too, by seeing it, may experience the fruit of our eyes.
(2.37) Vidūṣaka (haughtily): Come, come, your honor.
Both walk around.
(2.38) Vidūṣaka (listening, turning back in fear, taking the king by the hand in agitation): Friend! Come, let us run away!
(2.39) King: What for?
(2.40) Vidūṣaka: Look, in this bakula tree some ghost is living!
(2.41) King: Fie, fool! Walk on with confidence. How could such beings be possible here?
(2.42) Vidūṣaka: It is speaking in very clear syllables! If you do not believe my word, go forward yourself and listen!
(2.43) King (doing so and listening):
This is in clear syllables, sweet from female nature,
and not deep-toned because of smallness of body; I think a myna bird is speaking. || 30 || (2.5)
(Looking up and smiling) It is indeed a myna bird.
(2.44) Vidūṣaka (looking up): What? Truly it is a myna bird!
(2.45) King (laughing): Just so.
(2.46) Vidūṣaka: Friend, you are a coward, since you call a myna bird a ghost!
(2.47) King: Fie, fool! What was done by yourself, you attribute to me!