[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) › 27 # Ratnavali 27 Ratnāvalī 27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.27) 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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.26) - [Next: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali~en-mt.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.8392) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.27) · Pramāṇa