Ratnavali 20.7

20.7

(2.56) Vidūṣakaḥ | punar ākarṇya | bho | sudaṃ tae jaṃ edāe mantidaṃ | sahi | avaṇehi imāiṃ ṇaliṇīvattāiṃ muṇāliāo a | alaṃ ediṇā | kīsa aāraṇe attāṇaaṃ āāsesi tti |
(2.57) Rājā | vayasya | na kevala śrutam abhiprāyo 'pi lakṣita eva |
(2.58) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | mā paṇḍidagavvaṃ uvvaha | ahaṃ de savvaṃ suṇia vakkhāṇaissaṃ | suṇamha dāva | kiṃ kurukurāadi dāsīe dhīā sāriā |
(2.59) Rājā | yuktam abhihitam |
punar ākarṇayataḥ |
(2.60) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | esā dāsīe dhīā caduvvedī via bamhaṇo ricāiṃ paḍhiduṃ pauttā |
(2.61) Rājā | vayasya | kim apy anyacetasā mayā nāvadhāritam | tat kathaya | kim anyoktam |
(2.62) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | edaṃ edāe paḍhidaṃ | dullaha ityādi punaḥ paṭhati |
(2.63) Rājā | vihasya | sādhu mahābrāhmaṇa sādhu | ko 'nya evaṃvidhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ bhavantaṃ muktvaivaṃvidhānām ṛcām abhijñaḥ |
(2.64) Vidūṣakaḥ | kiṃ khu dāṇiṃ edaṃ |
(2.65) Rājā | mūrkha | gāthikeyam | kayāpi ślāghyayauvanayā priyatamam anāsādayantyā jīvitanirapekṣayoktam |
(2.66) Vidūṣakaḥ | uccair vihasya | ahaha | kiṃ edehiṃ vakkabhaṇidehiṃ | ujjuaṃ jevva kiṃ ṇa bhaṇāsi jadhā | maṃ aṇāsādaantīe tti | aṇṇadhā ko aṇṇo kusumacāvavavadeseṇa ṇiṇhūvīadi | uccair vihasya | ahaha |
(2.67) Rājā | ūrdhvam avalokya | dhiṅ mūrkha | kim uccair vihasatā tyayeyam uttrāsitā yenoḍḍīyāny atra kvāpi gatā |
(2.68) ubhau nirūpayataḥ |
(2.69) Vidūṣakaḥ | vilokya | bho esā khu kaalīhara gadā | tā lahuṃ aṇusaramha |
(2.70) Rājā | evaṃ bhavatu | parikramya |
durvārāṃ madanaśaravyathāṃ vahantyā

(2.56) Vidūṣaka | Listening again | Sir, did you hear what she said? 'Friend, take away these lotus leaves and lotus fibers. Enough of this! Why do you distress yourself for no reason?'
(2.57) King | Friend, not only did I hear it, but the intention was perceived as well.
(2.58) Vidūṣaka | Sir, do not take pride in your learning! When I have heard it all, I will explain it to you. Let us listen first: what is that daughter of a slave-girl, the myna bird, chattering?
(2.59) King | Well said.
Both listen again.
(2.60) Vidūṣaka | Sir! This daughter of a slave-girl has set about reciting Vedic verses like a four-Veda brāhmaṇa!
(2.61) King | Friend, with my mind on something else, I did not catch it. So tell me, what was said by her?
(2.62) Vidūṣaka | Sir, this was recited by her: 'Unobtainable...', and so forth. | He recites again.
(2.63) King | Laughing | Well done, great brāhmaṇa, well done! Who else but such a brāhmaṇa as you would be an expert in such Vedic verses?
(2.64) Vidūṣaka | What indeed is this then?
(2.65) King | Fool, this is a song. Spoken by some woman in the praise of youth who, unable to attain her beloved, is indifferent to life.
(2.66) Vidūṣaka | Laughing aloud | Aha! What is the use of these crooked sayings? Why do you not say straightforwardly: 'Unable to attain me'? Otherwise, who else is being concealed under the pretext of Kusumacāpa? | Laughing aloud | Aha!
(2.67) King | Looking up | Shame, fool! Why did you frighten her by laughing so loudly, so that she flew up and went somewhere else?
(2.68) Both look around.
(2.69) Vidūṣaka | Looking | Sir, she has gone to the plantain bower! So let us follow quickly.
(2.70) King | So be it. | Walking around
Bearing the unbearable torment of love's arrow