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

तृतीयाङ्कः 271 King.—I, too, was thinking thus, my friend. Oh my beloved Ságariká! (Then enters Ságariká in the guise of the Queen) Ságariká—(Anxiously) I have luckily got clear of the music-hall and have come so far in this disguise of the Queen and have not been observed by anybody. But what shall I do now? (Thinks with tearful eyes) Jester—Hallo, why are you sitting like a fool? Think out some remedy. King—I have been thinking of it, my friend. There is no other way out but to secure the favour of the Queen. So, come. Let us be there. (Both walk round) Ságariká—(Thinking with tears in her eyes) It is better that I should put an end at once to my own life by hanging. Then like Susangatá I shall not have to submit to the insult of the Queen who has come to know all about the assignation. Now, I shall go to this Ashoka tree and do what I have conceived in my mind. (She goes round) Jester—(Hearing) Stop! Surely sounds of footsteps are heard. I know, perhaps the Queen having repented might have come back again. King—She is a lady of noble spirit; sometimes it may be so even. So be quick and ascertain. Jester—As Your Majesty commands. (Exit) Ságariká—(Approaching) Now, I shall hang myself to death by a noose made of this Mádhavi creeper. (Forming the noose with the creeper) Ah father! Ah mother! thus unbefriended and unsheltered I terminate my miserable existence (lit: I die, hapless that I am.) (Fastening the noose around her neck) Jester—(Looking) Now, who can she be! Ha! Queen