रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

द्वितीयोऽङ्कः 137 Eng. Trans. King. Friend ! behold, behold—(Repeats the shloka বিধায়াপূর্ব্ব etc. ) Susa. You are in luck, my friend ! your sweet-heart is describing you ( dwelling upon your charms ). Ság. ( Bashfully ) My friend ! out of your inborn tendency to cutting jokes, why do you ( how can you ) make so light of me ? Vás. (Pushing the King) Now I ask you, why has she been painted with her face cast down ? King. Friend ! The Sáriká has told us all. Sus. ( Smiling ) That Sáriká has revealed her power of repeating whatever she hears ( lit. retentive faculty or intelli- gence ). Vas. ( Well ), does ( she ) please your eyes ? Ság. ( To herself ) what will he say ( in reply ) ? True indeed ! I hang between life and death ! King. Please ( my eyes ) say you ! (What to speak of how she pleases my eyes ! )— My sight, passing over the pair of thighs with difficulty and wandering over the buttocks for a long time, has stood still coming to the middle ( waist ) uneven with the three wave-like folds ( wrinkles of her belly ) ; and now slowly ascending the pair of high ( plump ) breasts, is like a thirsty creature, wist- fully looking again and again at her eyes, from which oozes drops of water ( tears ). 11. Ság. ( Hearing—to herself ) My heart ! be pleased and consoled ! your desire also has travelled so far ! Sus. My friend ! do you hear ? Ság. ( Smiling ) You do hear please ; ah, you, whose skill in painting ( or whose execution of the portrait is being des- cribed ( i. e., praised ). Vas. (Looking at the picture) Well friend ! why this want