Ratnāvalīnāṭikā · Chapter 4

Susaṃgatā | sakaruṇam | hā piasahi sāarie | hā lajjālue | hā sahījaṇavacchale | hā udārasīle | hā sommadaṃsaṇe | kahiṃ dāṇiṃ tumaṃ mae pekkhidavvā | iti roditi | ūrdhvam avalokya niḥśvasya ca | ai devvahadaa | jai sā asāmaṇṇarūvasohā tādisī tae ṇimmidā tā kīsa uṇa īdisaṃ avatthantaraṃ pāvidā | iaṃ ca raaṇamālā jīvidaṇirāsāe tāe kassa vi bamhaṇassa hatthe paḍivādesu tti bhaṇia mama hatthe samappidā | tā jāva kaṃ pi bamhaṇaṃ aṇṇesāmi | parikramyāvalokya ca | eso kkhu ajjavasantao ido jjevva āacchadi | tā jāva edassa jjevva paḍivādaissaṃ |
tataḥ praviśati hṛṣṭo vasantakaḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | hī hī bho | ajja kkhu piavaasseṇa pasādidāe devīe vāsavadattāe bandhaṇādo moāvia sahatthadiṇṇehiṃ modaehiṃ udaraṃ me pūridaṃ | aṇṇaṃ ca | paṭṭaṃsuajualaṃ kaṇṇāharaṃ ca diṇṇaṃ | tā jāva piavaassaṃ pekkhāmi |

Susaṃgatā | rudatī sahasopasṛtya | ajjavasantaa | ciṭṭha dāva |

Vidūṣakaḥ | dṛṣṭvā | kadhaṃ | susaṃgadā | bhodi susaṃgade | kiṃ ṇimittaṃ rodīadi | kiṃ ṇu sāariāe accāhidaṃ saṃvuttaṃ |

Susaṃgatā | edaṃ jevva ṇivedaissaṃ | sā khu tavassiṇī devīe ujjaiṇiṃ pesida tti pavādaṃ kadua addharatte uvaṭṭhide ṇa jāṇīadi kahiṃ ṇīda tti |

Vidūṣakaḥ | sodvegam | hā bhodi sāarie | adiṇigghiṇaṃ devīe kadaṃ |

Susaṃgatā | iaṃ ca raaṇamālā tāe jīvidaṇirāsāe ajjavasantaassa hatthe paḍivādesu tti bhaṇia mama hatthe samappidā | tā geṇhadu ajjo edaṃ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | sakaruṇam | ṇa me īdise patthāve hatthe edaṃ geṇhiduṃ pasaradi | ubhau rudataḥ |

Susaṃgatā | kṛtāṇjaliḥ | tāe jjevva aṇuggahaṃ karanto aṅgīkaredu ajjo |

Vidūṣakaḥ | vicintya | adha vā uvaṇehi jeṇa imāe jjevva sāariāvirahadukkhidaṃ piavaassaṃ viṇodaissaṃ |

Susaṃgatopanayati |

Vidūṣakaḥ | gṛhītvā nirūpya savismayam | susaṃgade | kudo uṇa tāe īdissassa alaṅkārassa samāgamo |

Susaṃgatā | ajja | mae vi edaṃ jevva kodūhaleṇa pucchidā āsi |

Vidūṣakaḥ | tado tāe kiṃ bhaṇidaṃ |

Susaṃgatā | tado sā uddhaṃ pekkhia dīhaṃ ṇissasia susaṃgade kiṃ tuha edāe kadhāe tti bhaṇia rodiduṃ pauttā |

Vidūṣakaḥ | kadhidaṃ jevva sāmaṇṇajaṇadullaheṇa imiṇā paricchaeṇa | savvadhā mahāhijaṇasaṃbhavāe tāe hodavvaṃ ti | susaṃgade | piavaasso dāṇiṃ kahiṃ |

Susaṃgatā | ajja | eso kkhu bhaṭṭā devībhavaṇādo ṇikkamia phaḍiasilāmaṇḍavaṃ gado | tā gacchadu ajjo | ahaṃ pi devīe pāsavattiṇī bhavissaṃ |
iti niṣkrāntau |
iti praveśakaḥ |
tataḥ praviśaty āsanastho rājā |

Rājā | vicintya |
savyājaiḥ śapathaiḥ priyeṇa vacasā cittānuvṛttyādhikaṃ
vailakṣyeṇa pareṇa pādapatanair vākyaiḥ sakhīnāṃ muhuḥ |
pratyāsattim upāgatā na hi tathā devī rudatyā yathā
prakṣālyeva tayaiva bāṣpasalilaiḥ kopo 'panītaḥ svayam || 64 || (4.1)
sotkaṇṭhaṃ niḥśvasya | idānīṃ devyāṃ prasannāyāṃ sāgarikācintaiva māṃ bādhate | tathā hi
ambhojagarbhasukumāratanus tad āsau
kaṇṭhagrahe prathamarāgaghane vilīya |
sadyaḥ patanmadanamārgaṇarandhramārgair
manye mama priyatamā hṛdayaṃ praviṣṭā || 65 || (4.2)
yo 'pi me viśrāmasthānaṃ vasantakaḥ so 'pi devyā saṃyatas tiṣṭhati | tat kasyāgre bāṣpamokṣaṃ karomi | iti niḥśvasati |
tataḥ praviśati vidūṣakaḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā | eso kkhu ṇirantarukkaṇṭhāparikkhāmaṃ pi savisesasalāhaṇīaṃ taṇuṃ samuvvahanto udido via dudiācando adhiadaraṃ sohadi piavaasso | tā jāva ṇaṃ uvasappāmi | upasṛtya | sotthi bhavado | diṭṭhiā vaḍḍhasi devīhatthagadeṇāvi mae puṇo vi edehiṃ acchīhiṃ jaṃ diṭṭho si |

Rājā | dṛṣṭvā saharṣaṃ | katham | vasantakaḥ prāptaḥ | sakhe | pariṣvajasva mām |

Vidūṣakaḥ pariṣvajate |

Rājā | veṣeṇaiva niveditas te devyāḥ prasādaḥ | tat kathyatām idānīm | sāgarikāyāḥ kiṃ vartata iti |

Vidūṣako 'dhomukhas tiṣṭhati |

Rājā | vayasya | kiṃ na kathayasi |

Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | appiaṃ ti ṇivediduṃ ṇa pāremi |

Rājā | katham | apriyam | vyaktam utsṛṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ tayā | hā priye sāgarike | iti mohaṃ nāṭayati |

Vidūṣakaḥ | sasaṃbhramam | samassasadu samassasadu piavaasso |

Rājā | samāśvasya sāsram |
prāṇāḥ parityajata kāmam adakṣiṇaṃ māṃ
he dakṣiṇā bhavata madvacanaṃ kurudhvam |
śīghraṃ na yātha yadi tanmuṣitāḥ stha nūnaṃ
yātā sudūram adhunā gajagāminī sā || 66 || (4.3)

Vidūṣakaḥ | bho mā aṇṇadhā saṃbhāvehi | sā khu devīe ujjaiṇiṃ pesidā | ado mae appiaṃ ti bhaṇidaṃ |

Rājā | aho | niranurodhā mayi devī | vayasya | kenaitad ākhyātam |

Vidūṣakaḥ | bho +|, susaṃgadāe | aṇṇaṃ ca | tāe jjevva mama hatthe keṇāvi kajjeṇa iaṃ raaṇamālā pesidā |

Rājā | kim aparam | māṃ samāśvāsayitum | tad vayasyopanaya |

Vidūṣaka upanayati |

Rājā | gṛhītvā ratnamālāṃ nirvarṇya hṛdaye vinyasya | ahaha |
kaṇṭhāśleṣaṃ samāsādya tasyāḥ prabhraṣṭayānayā |
tulyāvasthā sakhīveyaṃ tanur āśvāsyate mama || 67 || (4.4)
vayasya | tvam eva paridhatsva yena vayam enāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛtiṃ kariṣyāmaḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | jaṃ bhavaṃ āṇavedi | iti paridadhāti |

Rājā | sāsram | vayasya | durlabhaṃ punardarśanaṃ priyāyāḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | diśo 'valokya sabhayam | bho | mā evvaṃ mantehi | kadā vi ko vi idha saṃcaradi |
tataḥ praviśati khaḍgahastā vasuṃdharā |

Vasuṃdharā | upasṛtya | jaadu jaadu bhaṭṭā | eso kkhu rumaṇṇado bhāiṇeo vijaavammā piaṃ kiṃ pi ṇivedidukāmo duvāre ciṭṭhadi |

Rājā | vasuṃdhare | avilambitaṃ praveśaya |

Vasuṃdharā | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | iti niṣkramya vijayavarmaṇā saha punaḥ praviśya ca | vijaavammaṃ | eso kkhu bhaṭṭā | tā uvasappadu ajjo ṇaṃ |

Vijayavarmā | upasṛtya | jayati jayati devaḥ | deva | diṣṭyā vardhase rumaṇvato vijayena |

Rājā | saparitoṣam | vijayavarman | api jitāḥ kosalāḥ |

Vijayavarmā | devasya prasādena |

Rājā | sādhu rumaṇvan sādhu | acirān mahatprayojanam anuṣṭhitam | vijayavarman | tat kathaya kathām | ativistarataḥ śrotum icchāmi |

Vijayavarmā | deva | śrūyatām | ito devādeśāt katipayair eva vāsarair anekakarituragapadātidurnivāreṇa mahatā balasamūhena gatvā rumaṇvān vindhyadurgāvasthitasya kosalapater dvāram avaṣṭabhya samāvāsayitum ārabdhavān |

Rājā | tatas tataḥ |

Vijayavarmā | tataḥ kosaleśvaro 'pi darpāt paribhavam asahamāno hāstikaprāyam ātmasainyaṃ sajjīkṛtavān |

Vidūṣakaḥ | vijaavammaṃ | lahuṃ ācakkha | vedadi me hiaaṃ |

Rājā | tatas tataḥ |

Vijayavarmā | deva | kṛtaniścayaś cāsau
yoddhuṃ nirgatya vindhyād abhavad abhimukhas tatkṣaṇaṃ digvibhāgān
vindhyenevāpareṇa dvipapatipṛtanāpīḍabandhena rundhan |
vegād bāṇān vimuñcann atha samadagajotpiṣṭapattir nipatya
pratyāyād vāñchitāptidviguṇitarabhasas taṃ rumaṇvān kṣaṇena || 68 || (4.5)
api ca |astravyastaśirastraśastrakaṣaṇaiḥ kṛttottamāṅge muhur
vyūḍhāsṛksariti svanatpraharaṇair gharmodvamadvahnini |
āhūyājimukhe sa kosalapatir bhagne pradhāne bale

Rājā | katham | asmadīyāny api balāni bhagnāni |

Vijayavarmā | ekenaiva rumaṇvatā śaraśatair mattadvipastho hataḥ || 69 || (4.6)

Vidūṣakaḥ | jaadu jaadu bhavaṃ | jidaṃ amhehiḥ | iti nṛtyati |

Rājā | sādhu kosalapate sādhu | mṛtyur api te ślāghyo yasya śatravo 'py evaṃ puruṣakāraṃ varṇayanti |

Vijayavarmā | rumaṇvān api kosaleṣu madbhrātaraṃ jyāyāṃsaṃ jayavarmāṇaṃ sthāpayitvā prahāravraṇitaṃ hāstakaprāyam aśeṣasainyam anuvartamānaḥ śanaiḥ śanair āgata eva |

Rājā | vasuṃdhare | ucyatāṃ yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | pradīyatāṃ matprasādo 'syeti |

Vasuṃdharā | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | iti vijayavarmaṇā saha niṣkrāntā |
tataḥ praviśati kāñcanamālā |

Kāñcanamālā | āṇatta mhi devīe jadhā | hañje kañcaṇamāle | gaccha | edaṃ indaāliaṃ ajjautassa daṃsehi tti | parikramyāvalokya ca | eso kkhu bhaṭṭā | tā jāva ṇaṃ uvasappāmi | upasṛtya | jaadu jaadu bhaṭṭā | bhaṭṭā | devī viṇṇavedi | eso kkhu ujjaiṇīdo sambarasiddhī ṇāma indaālio āado | tā pekkhadu ṇaṃ ajjautto tti |

Rājā | asti naḥ kautukam aindrajālike | tac chīghraṃ praveśaya |

Kāñcanamālā | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | iti niṣkramya picchikāvyagrahastenaindrajālikena saha praviśya | edu edu ajjo |

Aindrajālikaḥ parikrāmati |

Kāñcanamālā | eso bhaṭṭā | tā uvasappadu ajjo |

Aindrajālikaḥ | jaadu jaadu bhaṭṭā | upasṛtya picchikāṃ bhrāmayitvā |
paṇamaha calaṇe indassa indaālammi laddhaṇāmassa |
taha ajjasambarassa vimāāsupaḍiṭṭhiajasassa || 70 || (4.7)
deva |kiṃ dharaṇīe miaṅgoāāse mahiharo jale jalaṇo |
majjhaṇhammi paosodāvijjau dehi āṇattiṃ || 71 || (4.8)

Vidūṣakaḥ | bho vaassa | avihido hodi | bho | īdiso se avaṭṭhambho jeṇa savvaṃ saṃbhāvīadi |

Aindrajālikaḥ | deva |
kiṃ jappieṇa bahuṇājaṃ jaṃ hiaeṇa mahasi saṃdaṭṭhu |
taṃ taṃ dāvemi ahaṅguruṇo mantappahāveṇa || 72 || (4.9)

Rājā | kāñcanamāle | ucyatāṃ devī | yuṣmadīya evāyam aindrajāliko vijanīkṛtaś cāyam uddeśaḥ | tad āgaccha | sahitāv evainaṃ paśyāva iti |

Kāñcanamālā | jaṃ bhaṭṭā āṇavedi | iti niṣkramya vāsavadattayā saha praviśya |

Vāsavadattā | hañje kañcaṇamāle | ujjaiṇīdo āado tti atthi me tassiṃ indaālie pakkhavādo |

Kāñcanamālā | ṇādikulabahumāṇo kkhu eso devīe | tā edu bhaṭṭiṇī |
iti parikrāmataḥ |

Kāñcanamālā | bhaṭṭiṇi | eso bhaṭṭā | tā uvasappadu devī |

Vāsavadattā | upasṛtya | jaadu jaadu ajjautto |

Rājā | devi | bahu tena garjitam | tad ihasthāv evainaṃ paśyāva |

Vāsavadattopaviśati |

Rājā | bhadra | prastūyatāṃ bahuvidham indrajālam |

Aindrajālikaḥ | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | iti bahuvidhaṃ nāṭyaṃ kṛṭvā picchikāṃ bhrāmayan |
hariharabamhappamuhedeve dāvemi devarāaṃ ca |
gaaṇammi siddhavijjāharabahusatthaṃ ca ṇaccantaṃ || 73 || (4.10)
sarve savismayaṃ paśyanti |

Rājā | ūrdhvaṃ dṛṣṭvāsanād avataran | āścaryam āścaryam |

Vidūṣakaḥ | accharīaṃ accharīaṃ |

Rājā | devi | paśya |
eṣa brahmā saroje rajanikarakalāśekharaḥ śaṅkaro 'yaṃ
dorbhir daityāntako 'yaṃ sadhanurasigadācakracihnaiś caturbhiḥ |
eṣo 'py airāvatasthas tridaśapatir amī devi devās tathānye
nṛtyanti vyomni caitāś calacaraṇaraṇannūpurā divyanāryaḥ || 74 || (4.11)

Vāsavadattā | accharīaṃ accharīaṃ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | ā dāsīe putta indaālia | kiṃ edehiṃ devehiṃ accharāhiṃ ca daṃsidāhiṃ | jai ediṇā parituṭṭheṇa kajja tā sāariaṃ daṃsehi |
tataḥ praviśati vasuṃdharā |

Vasuṃdharā | jaadu jaadu bhaṭṭā | amacco joandharāaṇo viṇṇavedi | eso kkhu vikkamabāhuṇo padhāṇo amacco vasubhūdī kañcuiṇā saha aṇuppesido | taṃ arihadi devo imassiṃ jevva sundaramuhuttae pekkhiduṃ | ahaṃ pi kajjasesaṃ samāvia āado jjevva tti |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | ciṭṭhadu dāva pekkhaṇaṃ | māulakulādo padhāṇo amacco vasubhūdī āado | taṃ dāva pekkhadu ajjautto |

Rājā | yathāha devī | aindrajālikaṃ prati | bhadra | viśramyatām idānīm |

Aindrajālikaḥ | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | ekko uṇa kheḍaṇao avassaṃ deveṇa pekkhidavvo |

Rājā | bhadra | evam | drakṣyāmaḥ |

iti niṣkrānta aindrajālikaḥ |

Vāsavadattā | kañcaṇamāle | dehi se pāritosiaṃ |

Kāñjanamālā | jaṃ devī āṇavedi | iti niṣkrāntā |

Rājā | vasantaka | pratyudgamya praveśyatāṃ vasubhūtiḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | jaṃ bhaṭṭā āṇavedi | iti niṣkrāntaḥ |
tataḥ praviśato vasantakena saha vasubhūtibābhravyau |

Vasubhūtiḥ | samantād avalokya | aho vatseśvarasya bhavanadvārabhāsaḥ | tathā hi
ākṣipto jayakuñjareṇa turagān nirvarṇayan vallabhān
saṃgītadhvaninā hṛtaḥ kṣitibhujāṃ goṣṭhīṣu tiṣṭhan kṣaṇam |
sadyo vismṛtasiṃhalendravibhavaḥ kakṣāpradeśeṣv aho
dvāḥsthenaiva kutūhalena mahatā grāmyo yathāhaṃ kṛtaḥ || 75 || (4.12)

Bābhravyaḥ | adya khalu cirāt svāminaṃ drakṣyāmīti yat satyam ānandātiśayena kim apy avasthāntaram anubhavāmi | kutaḥ |
vivṛddhiṃ kampasya prathayatitarāṃ sādhvasavaśād
avispaṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ tirayatitarāṃ bāṣpapaṭalaiḥ |
skhaladvarṇāṃ vāṇīṃ jaḍayatitarāṃ gadgadatayā
jarāyāḥ sāhāyyaṃ mama hi paritoṣo 'dya kurute || 76 || (4.13)

Vidūṣakaḥ | agre bhūtvā | edu edu amacco |

Vasubhūtiḥ | vidūṣakasya kaṇṭhe ratnamālāṃ dṛṣṭvāpavārya | bābhravya | jñāyate | saiveyaṃ ratnamālā yā devena rājaputryai prasthānakāle datteti |

Bābhravyaḥ | amātya | asti sādṛśyam | tat kiṃ vasantakād avagacchāmi prabhavam asyāḥ |

Vasubhūtiḥ | bābhravya | mā maivam | mahati rājakule ratnānāṃ bāhulyān na durlabho bhūṣaṇānāṃ saṃvādaḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | rājānam uddiśya | eso kkhu mahārāo | tā uvasappadu amacco |

Vasubhūtiḥ | upasṛtya | vijayatāṃ mahārājaḥ |

Rājā | utthāya | ārye | abhivādaye |

Vasubhūtiḥ | śreyān bhūyāḥ |

Rājā | āsanam āsanam āryāya |

Vidūṣakaḥ | āsanam ānīya | edaṃ āsaṇaṃ | tā uvavisadu amacco |

Vasubhūtir upaviśati |

Vidūṣakaḥ | amacca | esā devī vāsavadattā paṇāmaṃ karedi |

Vasubhūtiḥ | āyuṣmati | vatsarājasadṛśaṃ putram āpnuhi |

Bābhravyaḥ | deva | bābhravyaḥ praṇamati |

Rājā | pṛṣṭhe hastaṃ dattvā | bābhravya | ita āsyatām |

Bābhravya upaviśati |

Rājā | ārya vasubhūte | api kuśalaṃ tatrabhavataḥ siṃhaleśvarasya |

Vasubhūtiḥ | ūrdhvam avalokya niḥśvasya ca | deva | na jāne | kiṃ vijñāpayāmi mandabhāgya iti |

Vāsavadattā | saviṣādam ātmagatam | haddhī haddhī | kiṃ dāṇiṃ vasubhūdī kadhaissadi |

Rājā | vasubhūte | kathaya | paryākula ivāsmi |

Bābhravyaḥ | apavārya | amātya | ciram api sthitvā yat kathanīyaṃ tad idānīm eva kathyatām |

Vasubhūtiḥ | sāsram | na śakyaṃ nivedayitum | tathāpy eṣa kathayāmi mandabhāgyaḥ | deva | yāsau siṃhaleśvareṇa svaduhitā ratnāvalī nāmāyuṣmatī vāsavadattāṃ dagdhām upaśrutya devāya pūrvaprārthitā satī dattā |

Rājā | apavārya | devi | kim idam alīkaṃ tvanmātulāmātyaḥ kathayati |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | ahaṃ pi ṇa jāṇāmi | ko ettha aliaṃ mantedi tti |

Vidūṣakaḥ | tado tāe kiṃ saṃvuttaṃ |

Vasubhūtiḥ | sā ca yuṣmadantikam ānīyamānā yānabhaṅgāt sāgare nimagnā | iti rudann adhomukhas tiṣṭhati |

Vāsavadattā | sāsram | hā hadam hi mandabhāiṇī | hā bahiṇie | kahiṃ si | dehi me paḍivaaṇaṃ |

Rājā | devi | samāśvasihi samāśvasihi | duḥkhagrahā gatir daivasya | vahanabhaṅgapatitotthitau nanv etāv eva te nidarśanam | iti vasubhūtibābhravyau darśayati |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | jujjadi edaṃ | kudo uṇa me ettiāiṃ bhāadheāiṃ |

Rājā | apavārya | bābhravya | kathaya | kim etat |

Nepathye kalakalaḥ |
harmyāṇāṃ hemaśṛṅgaśriyam iva nicayair arciṣām ādadhānaḥ
sāndrodyānadrumāgraglapanapiśunitātyantatīvrābhitāpaḥ |
kurvan krīḍāmahīdhraṃ sajalajaladharaśyāmalaṃ dhūmapātair
eṣa ploṣārtayoṣijjana iha sahasaivotthito 'ntaḥpure 'gniḥ || 77 || (4.14)
api ca |devīdāhapravādo 'yaṃ yo 'bhūl lāvaṇake purā |
kariṣyann iva taṃ satyaṃ manye 'gnir ayam utthitaḥ || 78 || (4.15)

Rājā | sasaṃbhramam utthāya | katham | antaḥpure 'gniḥ | kaṣṭam | devī vāsavadattā dagdhā | hā priye vāsavadatte |

Vāsavadattā | parittāadu parittāadu ajjautto |

Rājā | katham | atisaṃbhramād ihasthāpi devī nopalakṣitā | devi | samāśvasihi samāśvasihi |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | ṇa attaṇo kāraṇeṇa evvaṃ bhaṇāmi | esā khu mae ṇigghiṇāe idha saṃjamidā sāariā vivajjadi | tā parittāadu ajjautto |

Rājā | katham | sāgarikā vipadyate | devi | eṣa gacchāmi |

Vasubhūtiḥ | deva | kim akāraṇa eva pataṅgavṛttiḥ kriyate |

Bābhravyaḥ | deva | yuktam āha vasubhūtiḥ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | rājānam uttarīye gṛhītvā | bho | mā khu sāhasaṃ karehi |

Rājā | uttarīyam ākarṣan | dhiṅ mūrkha | sāgarikā vipadyate | kim adyāpi prāṇā dhāryante | dhūmābhibhavaṃ nāṭayan |
virama virama vahne muñca dhūmānubandhaṃ
prakaṭayasi kim uccair arciṣāṃ cakravālam |
virahahutabhujāhaṃ yo na dagdhaḥ priyāyāḥ
pralayadahanabhāsā tasya kiṃ tvaṃ karoṣi || 79 || (4.16)

Vāsavadattā | kadhaṃ | mama dukkhakāriṇīe vaaṇādo evvaṃ ajjhavasidaṃ ajjautteṇa | tā ahaṃ pi aṇugamissaṃ |

Vidūṣakaḥ | parikrāmann agrato bhūtvā | ahaṃ pi padhovadesao homi |

Vasubhūtiḥ | katham | praviṣṭa eva jvalanaṃ vatsarājaḥ | tan mamāpi dṛṣṭarājaputrīvipatter yuktam ātmānam āhutīkartum |

Bābhravyaḥ | sāsram | hā mahārāja | kim idam akāraṇa eva bharatakulaṃ saṃśayatulām āropitam | atha vā kiṃ pralāpena | aham api bhaktisadṛśam ācarāmi |
iti sarve 'gnipraveśaṃ nāṭayanti |
tataḥ praviśati nigaḍasaṃyatā sāgarikā |

Sāgarikā | haddhī haddhī | ā | samantado pajjalido hudavaho ajja dukkhāvasāṇaṃ me karissadi |

Rājā | aye | iyam āsannahutavahā sāgarikā vartate | tat tvaritam enāṃ saṃbhāvayāmi |

Sāgarikā | rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvātmagatam | kadhaṃ | ajjautto | tā edaṃ pekkhia puṇo me jīvidāsā saṃvuttā | prakāśam | parittāadu parittāadu bhaṭṭā |

Rājā | bhīru | alaṃ bhayena |
muhūrtam api sahyatāṃ bahula eṣa dhūmodgamo
hahā dhig idam aṃśukaṃ jvalati te stanāt pracyutam |
muhuḥ skhalasi kiṃ kathaṃ nigaḍasaṃyatāsi drutaṃ
nayāmi bhavatīm itaḥ priyatame 'valambasva mām || 80 || (4.17)
kaṇṭhe gṛhītvā nimīlitākṣaḥ sparśaṃ nāṭayati | aho | kṣaṇād apagato me saṃtāpaḥ | ayi | samāśvasihi samāśvasihi |
vyaktaṃ lagno 'pi bhavatīṃ na dhakṣati hutāśanaḥ |
yataḥ saṃtāpam evāyaṃ sparśas te harati priye || 81 || (4.18)
unmīlyākṣiṇī diśo 'valokya sāgarikāṃ ca muktvā | aho mahad āścaryam |
kvāsau gato hutavahas tadavastham etad
antaḥpuraṃ ...
vāsavadattāṃ dṛṣṭvā | ... katham avantinṛpātmajeyam |

Vāsavadattā | rājñaḥ śarīraṃ parāmṛśya saharṣam | diṭṭhiā | akkhadasarīro ajjautto |

Rājā |
bābhravyo eṣa ...

Bābhravyaḥ | deva | idānīṃ pratyujjīvito 'smi |

Rājā | ... vasubhūtir ayaṃ ...

Vasubhūtiḥ | vijayatāṃ mahārājaḥ |

Rājā | ... vayasya

Vidūṣakaḥ | jaadu jaadu bhavaṃ |

Rājā | vicintya savitarkam |
svapne matir bhramati kiṃ nv idam indrajālam || 82 || (4.19)

Vidūṣakaḥ | bho | mā saṃdehaṃ karehi | bhaṇidaṃ khu teṇa dāsīe puttaeṇa indajālieṇa jadhā | avassaṃ jevva deveṇa ekko me kheḍaṇao pekkhidavvo tti |

Rājā | devi | tvadvacanād iyam ānītā sāgarikā |

Vāsavadattā | vihasya | ajjautta | jāṇidaṃ mae |

Vasubhūtiḥ | sāgarikāṃ nivarṇyāpavārya | bābhravya | sadṛśīyaṃ rājaputryāḥ |

Bābhravyaḥ | amātya | mamāpy etad evaṃ manasi vartate |

Vasubhūtiḥ | rājānam uddiśya | deva | kuta iyaṃ kanyakā |

Rājā | devī jānāti |

Vasubhūtiḥ | devi | kutaḥ punar iyaṃ kanyakā |

Vāsavadattā | amacca | esā khu sāariādo pāvida tti bhaṇia amaccajoandharāaṇeṇa mama hatthe ṇikkhittā | ado jjevva sāaria tti saddāvīadi |

Rājā | svagatam | yaugandharāyaṇena nyasteyam | katham asau mamānivedya kiṃ cit kariṣyati |

Vasubhūtiḥ | apavārya | bābhravya | yathā susadṛśī vasantakasya kaṇṭhe ratnamālā asyāś ca sāgarāt prāptis tathā vyaktam eveyaṃ siṃhaleśvarasya duhitā ratnāvalī | upasṛtya prakāśam | āyuṣmati ratnāvali | tvam etāvatīm avasthāṃ gatāsi |

Sāgarikā | dṛṣṭvā sāsram | kadhaṃ | amacco vasubhūdī |

Vasubhūtiḥ | hā hato 'smi mandabhāgyaḥ | iti bhumau patati |

Sāgarikā | vasubhūter upari patantī | hā tāda | hā amba | kahiṃ si | dehi me paḍivaaṇaṃ |

Vāsavadattā | sasaṃbhramam | ajjakañcui | iaṃ sā mama bahiṇiā raaṇāvalī |

Bābhravyaḥ | devi | iyam eva sā |

Vāsavadattā | ratnāvalīm āliṅgya | bahiṇie | samassasa samassasa |

Rājā | katham | udāttavaṃśaprabhavasya siṃhaleśvarasya vikramabahor ātmajeyam |

Vidūṣakaḥ | ratnāvalīṃ dṛṣṭvā svagatam | paḍhamaṃ jevva mae bhaṇidaṃ | ṇa kkhu īdiso sāmaṇṇajaṇassa paricchao bhodi tti |

Vāsavadattā | sāsraṃ bāhū prasārya | ai ehi | idāṇiṃ piabahiṇie | bandhusiṇehaṃ daṃsehi |

Vasubhūtiḥ | āyuṣmati | samāśvasihi samāśvasihi | nanv iyaṃ te jyāyasī bhaginī duḥkham āste | tat pariṣvajasvainām |

Ratnāvalī | samāśvasya rājānaṃ tiryag avalokya svagatam | kidāvarāhā khu ahaṃ devīe | tā ṇa sakkaṇomi muhaṃ daṃsiduṃ | ity adhomukhī tiṣṭhati |

Vāsavadattā | apavārya | ajjautta | lajjāmi ahaṃ imiṇā attaṇo ṇisaṃsattaṇeṇa | tā avaṇehi se bandhaṇaṃ |

Rājā | saparitoṣam | yathāha devī | iti sāgarikāṃ muñcati |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | amaccajoandharāaṇeṇa ettiaṃ kālaṃ dujjaṇīkida mhi jeṇa jāṇanteṇa vi ṇa me ṇivedidaṃ |
tataḥ praviśati yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
devyā madvacanād yathābhyupagataḥ patyur viyogas tathā
sā devasya kalatrasaṃghaṭanayā duḥkhaṃ mayā sthāpitā |
tasyāḥ prītim ayaṃ kariṣyati jagatsvāmitvalābhaḥ prabhoḥ
satyaṃ darśayituṃ tathāpi vadanaṃ śaknomi no lajjayā || 83 || (4.20)
atha vā kiṃ kriyata īdṛśam atyantamānanīyeṣv api niranurodhavṛtti svāmibhaktivratam | nirūpya | ayaṃ devaḥ | yāvad upasarpāmi | upasṛtya | jayati jayati devaḥ | deva | kṣamyatāṃ yan mayānivedya kṛtam |

Rājā | yaugandharāyaṇa | kim anivedya kṛtam |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | karotv āsanaparigrahaṃ devaḥ | sarvaṃ vijñāpayāmi |
sarva upaviśanti |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | deva | śruyatām | yeyaṃ siṃhaleśvaraduhitā sā siddhenādiṣṭā yathā | yo 'syāḥ pāṇigrahaṇaṃ kariṣyati sa sārvabhaumo rājā bhaviṣyatīti | tatas tatpratyayād asmābhiḥ svāmino 'rthe bahuśaḥ prārthyamānenāpi siṃhaleśvareṇa devyā vāsavadattāyāś cittakhedaṃ pariharatā yadā na dattā |

Rājā | tadā kim |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | tadā lāvaṇake devī dagdheti prasiddhim utpādya tadantikaṃ bābhravyaḥ prahitaḥ |

Rājā | yaugandharāyaṇa | ataḥ paraṃ śrutam eva mayā | atheyaṃ devīhaste kim ity anucintya sthāpitā |

Vidūṣakaḥ | aṇācakkhidaṃ pi edaṃ jāṇīadi jjevva jadhā | anteuragadā suheṇa de daṃsaṇapadhaṃ gamissadi tti |

Rājā | gṛhīto 'bhiprāyas te vasantakena |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | yathājñāpayati devaḥ |

Rājā | aindrajālikavṛttānto 'pi manye tvatprayoga eva |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | anyathāntaḥpure baddhāyā asyāḥ kuto devena darśanam | adṛṣṭāyāś ca vasubhūtinā kutaḥ parijñānam | vihasya | parijñātāyāś ca bhaginyāḥ saṃprati yathā karaṇīyaṃ tatra devī pramāṇam |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | phuḍāṃ jevva kiṃ ṇa bhaṇāsi jadhā | paḍivādehi me raaṇāvaliṃ ti |

Vidūṣakaḥ | bhodi | suṭṭhu tae jāṇido amaccassa ahippāo |

Vāsavadattā | ehi raaṇāvali ehi | ettiaṃ pi dāva mama bahiṇiāṇurūvaṃ bhodu | iti ratnāvalīṃ svakīyair ābharaṇair alaṅkṛtya haste gṛhītvā rājānam upasṛtya | ajjautta | edaṃ raaṇāvaliṃ paḍiccha |

Rājā | saharṣaṃ hastau prasārya | ko devyāḥ prasādaṃ na bahu manyate |

Vāsavadattā | ajjautta | dūre kkhu edāe ṇādikulaṃ | tā tadhā karesu jadhā bandhujaṇaṃ ṇa sumaredi | iti samarpayati |

Rājā | yathājñāpayati devī |

Vidūṣakaḥ | saharṣaṃ nṛtyati | hī hī bho | jaadu jaadu bhavaṃ | puḍhavī khu dāṇiṃ hatthagadā piavaassassa |

Vasubhūtiḥ | devi | sthāne devīśabdam udvahasi |

Bābhravyaḥ | idānīṃ saphalapariśramo 'smi saṃvṛttaḥ |

Yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | deva | kiṃ te bhūyaḥ priyam upakaromi |

Rājā | kim ataḥ param api priyam asti | yataḥ |
nīto vikramabāhur ātmasamatāṃ prāpteyam urvītale
sāraṃ sāgarikā sasāgaramahīprāpty ekahetuḥ priyā |
devī prītim upāgatā ca bhaginīlābhāj jitāḥ kosalāḥ
kiṃ nāsti tvayi saty amātyavṛṣabhe yasmin karomi spṛhām || 84 || (4.21)
tathāpīdam astu bharatavākyam |
urvīm uddāmasasyāṃ janayatu visṛjanvāsavo vṛṣṭim iṣṭām
iṣṭais traiviṣṭapānāṃ vidadhatu vidhivatprīṇanaṃ vipramukhyāḥ |
ākalpāntaṃ ca bhūyat samupacitasukhaḥ saṃgamaḥ sajjanānāṃ
niḥśeṣā yāntu śāntiṃ piśunajanagiro durjayā vajralepāḥ || 84 || (4.22)
iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve |
iti caturtho 'ṅkaḥ |