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