The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c14.s3.27

c14.s3.27

‘Here is thy beloved, on whom a thousand times thy hopes have rested; in the minister’s palace the men are asleep or drunken; impenetrable is the darkness; be grateful and show thy favour; come, let us silence our jewelled anklets by laying them aside, and depart hence.’ Equally effective is the expression of the admirable advice tendered to Mādhava and Mālatī at the moment when Kāmandakī has succeeded in securing their union: *preyo mitram bandhutā vā samagrā: sarve kāmāḥ śevadhir jīvitaṃ vā* *strīṇāṃ bhartā dharmadārāś ca puṃsām: ity anyonyaṃ vatsayor jñātam astu.*