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

pp 11-12 8 [ Act II. umbrella, though drooping from his sportive dance, the fawn covetous of the water in the basins seeks the circle of shades of the trees ; and the bee, having at once left the cheek of the elephant, lurks (lit. enters) under the lobe of his ear. ( 12 ) Rumanvan, get up, do get up. Having just entered the inner apartment and performed the usual rites, we will honour Vijayasena and dispatch him for annihila- ting the king of Kalinga. [Exeunt Omnes.] END OF ACT I —————— ACT II —————— (Enter VIDUSHAKA). Indīvarikā has, indeed, said to me—Noble Sir, Queen Vāsavadattā, who has been observing the vow of a fast, might call you to receive the Svastivāchana. I will, therefore, bathe in the pond attached to the shower- house and having gone into the presence of the Queen will utter something in the manner of a cock (i. e. in a gradually raised voice). Otherwise, how are Brāhmanas like us to accept a donation in the royal palace? (Looking towards the tiring room) Ah! Here my dear friend has started to go to the very showerhouse- garden to dispel the longing caused by the queen's separation. So I will go with my friend himself and do as (I said.). (Enter the love-sick KING) My mind yearns, to-day, to see that beloved of mine who is emaciated, who wears only the auspicious ornaments, who speaks slowly and with effort, who subdues the beauty of the morning moon by her face having a palish hue, and who is full of longing owing to the observance of the rules of her fast, as if she were in the condition produced by first love. (1)