[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) › 26 # Ratnavali 26 Ratnāvalī 26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.26) tataḥ praviśaty āsanastho rājā | (4.18) Rājā | vicintya | savyājaiḥ śapathaiḥ priyeṇa vacasā cittānuvṛttyādhikaṃ vailakṣyeṇa pareṇa pādapatanair vākyaiḥ sakhīnāṃ muhuḥ | pratyāsattim upāgatā na hi tathā devī rudatyā yathā prakṣālyeva tayaiva bāṣpasalilaiḥ kopo 'panītaḥ svayam || 64 || (4.1) sotkaṇṭhaṃ niḥśvasya | idānīṃ devyāṃ prasannāyāṃ sāgarikācintaiva māṃ bādhate | tathā hi ambhojagarbhasukumāratanus tad āsau kaṇṭhagrahe prathamarāgaghane vilīya | sadyaḥ patanmadanamārgaṇarandhramārgair manye mama priyatamā hṛdayaṃ praviṣṭā || 65 || (4.2) yo 'pi me viśrāmasthānaṃ vasantakaḥ so 'pi devyā saṃyatas tiṣṭhati | tat kasyāgre bāṣpamokṣaṃ karomi | iti niḥśvasati | > Then enters the King, seated. > (4.18) King (reflecting): > Not by pretexts of oaths, by sweet words, by intense accommodation to her feelings, > by profound embarrassment, by falls at her feet, or by repeated words of her friends, > did the queen become reconciled, so much as when, weeping, > she herself dispelled her anger as if washing it away with her tears. (64) > (Sighing with longing): Now that the queen is appeased, the thought of Sāgarikā alone torments me. For indeed: > Her body as delicate as the core of a lotus, > melting then into my neck's embrace thick with first passion, > through the openings made by Love's instantly falling arrows > my dearest love has, I believe, entered my heart. (65) > Even Vasantaka, who was my place of solace, remains bound by the queen. Before whom, then, may I shed my tears? (He sighs.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.25) - [Next: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali~en-mt.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.26) · Pramāṇa