The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c11.s3.1.3

c11.s3.1.3

the Viṭa, who sees his action, deserts at once his cause and passes over to Āryaka’s side. Saṃsthānaka, after burying the body under some leaves, departs, promising himself to put the slave in chains; the monk re-enters to dry his robe, finds and restores to life Vasantasenā, and takes her to the monastery to be cared for. In Act IX Saṃsthānaka denounces Cārudatta as the murderer of Vasantasenā to the court;¹ her mother is summoned as a witness, but defends Cārudatta, who himself is cited; the police officer testifies to the escape of Āryaka, which implicates Cārudatta; the Vidūṣaka who enters the court, while *en route* to return to Vasantasenā the jewels she had given the child, is so indignant with the accuser that he lets fall the jewels; this fact, taken together with the evidence that Vasantasenā spent the night with Cārudatta and left next morning to meet him, and the signs of struggle in the park, deceives the judge, who condemns Cārudatta to exile; Pālaka converts the sentence into one of death. Act X reveals the hero led to death by two Caṇḍālas, who regret the duty they have to perform; the servant of Saṃsthānaka escapes and reveals the truth, but Saṃsthānaka makes light of his words as a disgraced and spiteful slave, and the headsmen decide to proceed with their work.