Ratnavali 30.3

30.3

(4.113) Bābhravyaḥ | apavārya | amātya | ciram api sthitvā yat kathanīyaṃ tad idānīm eva kathyatām |
(4.114) Vasubhūtiḥ | sāsram | na śakyaṃ nivedayitum | tathāpy eṣa kathayāmi mandabhāgyaḥ | deva | yāsau siṃhaleśvareṇa svaduhitā ratnāvalī nāmāyuṣmatī vāsavadattāṃ dagdhām upaśrutya devāya pūrvaprārthitā satī dattā |
(4.115) Rājā | apavārya | devi | kim idam alīkaṃ tvanmātulāmātyaḥ kathayati |
(4.116) Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | ahaṃ pi ṇa jāṇāmi | ko ettha aliaṃ mantedi tti |
(4.117) Vidūṣakaḥ | tado tāe kiṃ saṃvuttaṃ |
(4.118) Vasubhūtiḥ | sā ca yuṣmadantikam ānīyamānā yānabhaṅgāt sāgare nimagnā | iti rudann adhomukhas tiṣṭhati |
(4.119) Vāsavadattā | sāsram | hā hadam hi mandabhāiṇī | hā bahiṇie | kahiṃ si | dehi me paḍivaaṇaṃ |
(4.120) Rājā | devi | samāśvasihi samāśvasihi | duḥkhagrahā gatir daivasya | vahanabhaṅgapatitotthitau nanv etāv eva te nidarśanam | iti vasubhūtibābhravyau darśayati |
(4.121) Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | jujjadi edaṃ | kudo uṇa me ettiāiṃ bhāadheāiṃ |
(4.122) Rājā | apavārya | bābhravya | kathaya | kim etat |
(4.123) Nepathye kalakalaḥ |
harmyāṇāṃ hemaśṛṅgaśriyam iva nicayair arciṣām ādadhānaḥ
sāndrodyānadrumāgraglapanapiśunitātyantatīvrābhitāpaḥ |
kurvan krīḍāmahīdhraṃ sajalajaladharaśyāmalaṃ dhūmapātair
eṣa ploṣārtayoṣijjana iha sahasaivotthito 'ntaḥpure 'gniḥ || 77 || (4.14)
api ca |devīdāhapravādo 'yaṃ yo 'bhūl lāvaṇake purā |
kariṣyann iva taṃ satyaṃ manye 'gnir ayam utthitaḥ || 78 || (4.15)

(4.113) Bābhravya: Aside. Minister, what must be told even after waiting long, let that be told right now.

(4.114) Vasubhūti: In tears. It cannot be told. Even so, this ill-fated man speaks: Lord, that own daughter of the Lord of Siṃhala, named Ratnāvalī, having heard that the long-lived Vāsavadattā was burned, having been asked for earlier, was given to my lord—

(4.115) King: Aside. Queen, why does your maternal uncle's minister speak this untruth?

(4.116) Vāsavadattā: Noble lord, I too do not know who speaks an untruth here.

(4.117) Jester: Then what happened to her?

(4.118) Vasubhūti: And while being brought to your presence, through the wreck of the ship she sank into the ocean. Weeping, he stands with downcast face.

(4.119) Vāsavadattā: In tears. Ah, I am undone, unfortunate that I am! Ah, little sister, where are you? Give me an answer!

(4.120) King: Queen, take heart, take heart! The course of fate is hard to comprehend. Are not these two very men, who fell from a shipwreck and survived, your proof? He points to Vasubhūti and Bābhravya.

(4.121) Vāsavadattā: Noble lord, that is right. But whence should I have such good fortune?

(4.122) King: Aside. Bābhravya, speak! What is this?

(4.123) A clamour behind the scenes.
Lending the splendour of golden peaks to the palaces, as it were, with masses of flames, / its exceedingly fierce heat indicated by the shrivelling of the tops of dense garden trees, / making the pleasure mountain dark with showers of smoke like clouds bearing water, / here a fire, painful with burns to womenfolk, has suddenly arisen in the inner palace! || 77
And moreover:
That rumour of the queen's burning which occurred in Lāvaṇaka formerly— / as if about to make that true, I think this fire has arisen! || 78