Ratnavali 27

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tataḥ praviśati vidūṣakaḥ |
(4.19) Vidūṣakaḥ | rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā | eso kkhu ṇirantarukkaṇṭhāparikkhāmaṃ pi savisesasalāhaṇīaṃ taṇuṃ samuvvahanto udido via dudiācando adhiadaraṃ sohadi piavaasso | tā jāva ṇaṃ uvasappāmi | upasṛtya | sotthi bhavado | diṭṭhiā vaḍḍhasi devīhatthagadeṇāvi mae puṇo vi edehiṃ acchīhiṃ jaṃ diṭṭho si |
(4.20) Rājā | dṛṣṭvā saharṣaṃ | katham | vasantakaḥ prāptaḥ | sakhe | pariṣvajasva mām |
(4.21) Vidūṣakaḥ pariṣvajate |
(4.22) Rājā | veṣeṇaiva niveditas te devyāḥ prasādaḥ | tat kathyatām idānīm | sāgarikāyāḥ kiṃ vartata iti |
(4.23) Vidūṣako 'dhomukhas tiṣṭhati |
(4.24) Rājā | vayasya | kiṃ na kathayasi |
(4.25) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | appiaṃ ti ṇivediduṃ ṇa pāremi |
(4.26) Rājā | katham | apriyam | vyaktam utsṛṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ tayā | hā priye sāgarike | iti mohaṃ nāṭayati |
(4.27) Vidūṣakaḥ | sasaṃbhramam | samassasadu samassasadu piavaasso |
(4.28) Rājā | samāśvasya sāsram |
prāṇāḥ parityajata kāmam adakṣiṇaṃ māṃ
he dakṣiṇā bhavata madvacanaṃ kurudhvam |
śīghraṃ na yātha yadi tanmuṣitāḥ stha nūnaṃ
yātā sudūram adhunā gajagāminī sā || 66 || (4.3)
(4.29) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho mā aṇṇadhā saṃbhāvehi | sā khu devīe ujjaiṇiṃ pesidā | ado mae appiaṃ ti bhaṇidaṃ |
(4.30) Rājā | aho | niranurodhā mayi devī | vayasya | kenaitad ākhyātam |
(4.31) Vidūṣakaḥ | bho +|, susaṃgadāe | aṇṇaṃ ca | tāe jjevva mama hatthe keṇāvi kajjeṇa iaṃ raaṇamālā pesidā |
(4.32) Rājā | kim aparam | māṃ samāśvāsayitum | tad vayasyopanaya |
(4.33) Vidūṣaka upanayati |
(4.34) Rājā | gṛhītvā ratnamālāṃ nirvarṇya hṛdaye vinyasya | ahaha |
kaṇṭhāśleṣaṃ samāsādya tasyāḥ prabhraṣṭayānayā |
tulyāvasthā sakhīveyaṃ tanur āśvāsyate mama || 67 || (4.4)
vayasya | tvam eva paridhatsva yena vayam enāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛtiṃ kariṣyāmaḥ |
(4.35) Vidūṣakaḥ | jaṃ bhavaṃ āṇavedi | iti paridadhāti |
(4.36) Rājā | sāsram | vayasya | durlabhaṃ punardarśanaṃ priyāyāḥ |
(4.37) Vidūṣakaḥ | diśo 'valokya sabhayam | bho | mā evvaṃ mantehi | kadā vi ko vi idha saṃcaradi |

Then enters the Jester.
(4.19) Jester (seeing the King): Indeed, my dear friend looks all the more handsome, bearing a body that, though wasted by ceaseless longing, is exceptionally praiseworthy, like the newly risen moon of the second lunar day. So I will approach him. (Approaching): Hail to your lordship! Joy to you, since I, even after falling into the queen's hands, have seen you again with these eyes of mine!
(4.20) King (seeing him, with delight): How is this? Vasantaka has arrived! Friend, embrace me!
(4.21) The Jester embraces him.
(4.22) King: The queen's favor is announced by your very attire. So tell me now, what has become of Sāgarikā?
(4.23) The Jester stands with his head cast down.
(4.24) King: Friend, why do you not speak?
(4.25) Jester: Ah, I cannot bring myself to report unpleasant news!
(4.26) King: What? Unpleasant news? Clearly she has given up her life! Ah, my beloved Sāgarikā! (He feigns fainting.)
(4.27) Jester (in agitation): Take heart, take heart, my dear friend!
(4.28) King (recovering, with tears):
O vital breaths, willingly abandon clumsy me;
be gracious, carry out my bidding!
If you do not depart swiftly, then you are surely robbed,
for that maiden of elephant-gait has now gone far away! (66)
(4.29) Jester: Ah, do not imagine otherwise! She has in fact been sent by the queen to Ujjayinī. That is why I said it was unpleasant news.
(4.30) King: Oh, how pitiless the queen is toward me! Friend, who told you this?
(4.31) Jester: Ah, Susaṃgatā! And what is more, by her very hand this jewel necklace was sent into my keeping for some purpose.
(4.32) King: For what else than to console me? Therefore, friend, bring it here.
(4.33) The Jester brings it.
(4.34) King (taking the jewel necklace, examining it, and placing it on his chest): Ah!
Having obtained the embrace of her neck and now fallen from it,
this necklace, like a friend in the same plight, consoles my body. (67)
Friend, you alone wear it, so that by looking at it I may find fortitude.
(4.35) Jester: As your lordship commands. (He puts it on.)
(4.36) King (with tears): Friend, to see my beloved again is difficult to attain!
(4.37) Jester (looking around in fear): Ah, do not speak like that! Someone might be wandering about here!