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

pp. 43-44. 31 [ Act III.
VA'SAVA.—A'raṇyikā, thinking that you are angry, my
husband is saying to you—" Be pleased, my dear, be
pleased. " So approach him.
( With these words she pulls her ).
A'RAṆYIKĀ'—(In fright) Your Highness, I know
nothing of this.
VA'SAVA.—A'raṇyikā, how don't you know anything?
Here I will teach you. Indīvarikā, seize her.
VIDŪ.—Madam! To-day it being the Kaumudī festival,
my friend performed the acting to divert your heart.
VA'SAVA—When I see this misbehaviour of your both,
I am moved to laughter.
KING—My Queen, away with misconception. See—
Why for nothing is this spot produced on the moon of
your forehead by the knittings of the eyebrows? Why
is this throbbing lip made to resemble the bandhujīva
flower shaken by the breeze? And again this your
waist is oppressed by the weight of your breasts
throbbing all the more : give up your anger towards me :
for the amusement of your mind alone this acting was
performed by me. ( 14 ).
Queen, be pleased, be pleased. (He falls at her
feet.)
VA'SAVA —Girl, the playing is over. Come then ; let
us enter the inner apartment. (Exit).
End of the mimic Play.
KING—( Looking ) How is it that the Queen has
gone without showing favour ?
When I look at the face of the Queen and also at that
of my beloved here pictured before me: the one streaked
with the particles of perspiration and with eye-brows
very fiercely contracted through anger, and the other
with its lotus-like eyes greatly agitated through fear
like those of a gazelle bounding with great speed, I,
alarmed and yet having my mind full of longing, am
thrown into a great difficulty. (15).