Ratnavali 30.1

30.1

tataḥ praviśati vasuṃdharā |
(4.81) Vasuṃdharā | jaadu jaadu bhaṭṭā | amacco joandharāaṇo viṇṇavedi | eso kkhu vikkamabāhuṇo padhāṇo amacco vasubhūdī kañcuiṇā saha aṇuppesido | taṃ arihadi devo imassiṃ jevva sundaramuhuttae pekkhiduṃ | ahaṃ pi kajjasesaṃ samāvia āado jjevva tti |
(4.82) Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | ciṭṭhadu dāva pekkhaṇaṃ | māulakulādo padhāṇo amacco vasubhūdī āado | taṃ dāva pekkhadu ajjautto |
(4.83) Rājā | yathāha devī | aindrajālikaṃ prati | bhadra | viśramyatām idānīm |
(4.84) Aindrajālikaḥ | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | ekko uṇa kheḍaṇao avassaṃ deveṇa pekkhidavvo |
(4.85) Rājā | bhadra | evam | drakṣyāmaḥ |
(4.86) iti niṣkrānta aindrajālikaḥ |
(4.87) Vāsavadattā | kañcaṇamāle | dehi se pāritosiaṃ |
(4.88) Kāñjanamālā | jaṃ devī āṇavedi | iti niṣkrāntā |
(4.89) Rājā | vasantaka | pratyudgamya praveśyatāṃ vasubhūtiḥ |
(4.90) Vidūṣakaḥ | jaṃ bhaṭṭā āṇavedi | iti niṣkrāntaḥ |
tataḥ praviśato vasantakena saha vasubhūtibābhravyau |
(4.91) Vasubhūtiḥ | samantād avalokya | aho vatseśvarasya bhavanadvārabhāsaḥ | tathā hi
ākṣipto jayakuñjareṇa turagān nirvarṇayan vallabhān
saṃgītadhvaninā hṛtaḥ kṣitibhujāṃ goṣṭhīṣu tiṣṭhan kṣaṇam |
sadyo vismṛtasiṃhalendravibhavaḥ kakṣāpradeśeṣv aho
dvāḥsthenaiva kutūhalena mahatā grāmyo yathāhaṃ kṛtaḥ || 75 || (4.12)
(4.92) Bābhravyaḥ | adya khalu cirāt svāminaṃ drakṣyāmīti yat satyam ānandātiśayena kim apy avasthāntaram anubhavāmi | kutaḥ |
vivṛddhiṃ kampasya prathayatitarāṃ sādhvasavaśād
avispaṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ tirayatitarāṃ bāṣpapaṭalaiḥ |

Then enters Vasuṃdharā.
(4.81) Vasuṃdharā: Victory, victory to his majesty! Minister Yaugandharāyaṇa submits: "Vikramabāhu's chief minister Vasubhūti has been sent along with the chamberlain. The lord should see him at this very auspicious moment. Having finished the remainder of my business, I too am arriving just now."
(4.82) Vāsavadattā: Noble lord, let the spectacle wait for now. The chief minister Vasubhūti has arrived from my maternal uncle's house. So let my noble lord see him first.
(4.83) King: As the queen says. [To the magician:] Good sir, rest now for a while.
(4.84) Magician: As the lord commands. But one more trick must certainly be seen by the lord.
(4.85) King: Good sir, so be it; we shall see it.
(4.86) [Exit the magician.]
(4.87) Vāsavadattā: Kāñcanamālā, give him a reward.
(4.88) Kāñcanamālā: As the queen commands. [Exit.]
(4.89) King: Vasantaka, go out to meet Vasubhūti and show him in.
(4.90) Vidūṣaka: As his majesty commands. [Exit.]
Then enter Vasubhūti and Bābhravya with Vasantaka.
(4.91) Vasubhūti [looking around]: Oh, the splendor of the entrance gate of the Lord of Vatsa's palace! For indeed:
Attracted by the elephant of victory, gazing at the favorite horses,
captivated by the sound of music, lingering a moment in the gatherings of princes,
instantly forgetting the splendor of the king of Siṃhala in these palace courtyards,
alas, by my great curiosity, like a rustic I have been made to linger by the doorkeeper! || 75 || (4.12)
(4.92) Bābhravya: Today indeed, thinking "After a long time I shall see my master," in truth, through excess of joy I experience an indescribable change of state. For:
It greatly intensifies the increase of trembling from agitation,
and greatly obscures my indistinct vision with veils of tears;