प्रियदर्शिका नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - चतुरङ्क शास्त्रीय नाटिका सान्वय सटीक)

Act III ] 28 pp. 39-41 ARANY — (With a smile) Kánchanamálá, having played for a long time I feel exhausted So I shall not be able to play KANCH — Preceptor the Princess is greatly fatigued See how drops of perspiration are formed on her cheeks and her fingers (or fore-hands) tremble So let her be refreshed (by resting) for a short while KING — Kánchanamála you have said what is proper (Wishes to seize her by the hand Arany withdraws her hand) VASAVA — (Sarcastically) Lady this also has been overdone by you I am not certainly Kánchanamalá that can be misled by (such) composition [Or I should not be deceived (misrepresented) by Kánchanamalá's dramatic speech] SAMKR — (Smiling) O you of long life dramatic compo- sition must be of this nature ARANY — (With seeming anger) Go away Kanchan, go away I do not like you KANCH — (With a smile) If you do not like me standing here here I walk off (Starts to go) ARANY — (In confusion) Kánchana stay stay, here is the fore-hand offered to him KING — (Taking the hand of ARANYIKA) Can it be a lotus bud at once cooled by the contact of dew drops? Not such methinks is its power to delight (now) It has it at dawn only when it is left by (free from) the sun are there five moons in the form of fingers shedding a shower of coolness (or dew) Even that (the shower) burns (causes affliction) I know it—this is clearly ambrosia flowing under the guise of perspiration (11) By you moreover is implanted in my heart this Rága (passion—redness) with your hand clever in robbing the tender coral sprout of its beauty (12) ARANYIKA — (Exhibiting the peculiar sensation of touch) Oh fie oh fie! my limbs commit a havoc in me (experience a thrill of overpowering emotion) as I touch this Manoramá