Ratnavali 20.9

20.9

tataḥ praviśati sāgarikā susaṃgatā ca |
(2.83) Susaṃgatā | sahi | ṇa samāsādidā sāriā | cittaphalaaṃ pi dāva imādo kaalīharādo geṇhia lahuṃ gacchamha |
(2.84) Sāgarikā | sahi | evvaṃ karemha |
ity upasarpataḥ |
(2.85) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | kīsa uṇa esā avaṇadamuhī ālihidā |
(2.86) Susaṃgatā | ākarṇya | sahi | jadhā vasantao mantedi tadhā takkemi | bhaṭṭiṇo vi idha jjevva hodavvaṃ ti | tā kaalīgummantaridāo bhavia pekkhamha |
ity ubhe ākarṇayataḥ |
(2.87) Rājā | vayasya | paśya paśya | vidhāyāpūrvapūrṇendum ityādi punaḥ paṭhati |
(2.88) Susaṃgatā | sahi | diṭṭhiā vaḍḍhasi | eso de piavallaho tumaṃ jevva ṇivvaṇṇaanto ciṭṭhadi |
(2.89) Sāgarikā | sahi | kiṃ ettha parihāsasīladāe imaṃ jaṇaṃ lahuṃ karesi |
(2.90) Vidūṣakaḥ | rājānaṃ cālayitvā | ṇaṃ bhaṇāmi | kīsa esā avaṇadamuhī ālihida tti |
(2.91) Rājā | vayasya | nanu śārikayaiva sarvam āveditam |
(2.92) Susaṃgatā | daṃsidaṃ khu medhāviṇīe attaṇo medhāvittaṇaṃ |
(2.93) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | avi suhaadi de esā loaṇāiṃ ṇa vā |
(2.94) Sāgarikā | sasādhvasaṃ svagataṃ | kiṃ eso bhaṇissadi tti jaṃ saccaṃ maraṇajīvidāṇaṃ antare vaṭṭāmi |
(2.95) Rājā | vayasya | kim ucyate | mukhayatīti | paśya |
kṛccheṇoruyugaṃ vyatītya suciraṃ bhrāntvā nitambasyale
madhye 'syāstrīvalītaraṅgaviṣame niḥṣpandatām āgatā
me dṛṣṭis tṛṣiteva saṃprati śanair āruhya tuṅgau stanau
sākāṅkṣaṃ muhur īkṣate jalalavaprasyandinī locane || 34 || (2.9)
(2.96) Susaṃgatā | sahi | sudaṃ tae |
(2.97) Sāgarikā | sahi | tumaṃ jevva suṇa jāe ālekkhaviṇṇāṇaṃ vaṇṇīadi |

Then enter Sāgarikā and Susaṃgatā.

(2.83) Susaṃgatā: Friend, the myna bird was not found. Let us at least take the picture board from this plantain bower and go quickly.

(2.84) Sāgarikā: Friend, let us do so.

Both approach.

(2.85) Vidūṣaka: But why is she drawn with downcast face?

(2.86) Susaṃgatā: Listening: Friend, from the way Vasantaka speaks, I guess our lord must be right here too. So let us hide behind the grove of plantains and watch.

Both listen.

(2.87) King: Friend, look, look! Recites again: "Having fashioned her face as an unprecedented full moon..." and so on.

(2.88) Susaṃgatā: Friend, congratulations! Here stands your beloved looking at you alone!

(2.89) Sāgarikā: Friend, why do you belittle this person out of your fond habit of teasing?

(2.90) Vidūṣaka: Shaking the King: Indeed, I ask, why is she drawn with downcast face?

(2.91) King: Friend, was not everything revealed by the myna bird herself?

(2.92) Susaṃgatā: The intelligent [bird] certainly demonstrated her intelligence!

(2.93) Vidūṣaka: Ah, does she delight your eyes or not?

(2.94) Sāgarikā: With trepidation, to herself: Wondering what he will say, to tell the truth, I waver between death and life!

(2.95) King: Friend, how can you ask: "Does she delight?" Look:

Having traversed the pair of thighs with difficulty, having wandered long upon her hips,
my gaze grew motionless at her waist, uneven with its waves of three folds;
now, climbing slowly as if thirsty onto her high breasts,
it gazes yearningly again and again at her eyes that shower drops of tears. || 34

(2.96) Susaṃgatā: Friend, did you hear?

(2.97) Sāgarikā: Friend, you alone listen, whose skill in painting is praised!