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O King, I do not know what reply I shall give, unfortunate
that I am. (Sits with his head bent down)
Vásava—( Sorrowfully to herself ) Alas ! What can Vasu-
bhuti have to communicate now ?
King—Vasubhuti, why are you putting me to such anxiety ?
Bābhravya—(Aside, after a little silence) Say now at
once what must have to be said.
Vasubhuti—( With tears ) O King, it is very difficult to
communicate. Yet unfortunate as I am, I shall relate. In
consequence of the prophecy of a seer, that whoever weds
Ratnávalī, the long-lived daughter of the King of Simhala,
would be a paramount monarch—
King—What next ?—
Vasubhuti—But with a view to avoiding the uneasiness
of the mind of Vásavadattá, the King of Simhala did not give
her ( in marriage to you ) though Your Majesty's Minister
Yaugandharáyana repeatedly solicited for her, having placed
confidence in the prophecy of the prophet.
King—(Aside) My Queen, what strange illusory tales are
these, that your uncle's Minister is relating ?
वासवदत्ता—( विमृश्य ) अज्जउत्त ! अहंबि ण आणामि
को एत्थ अलिअं मंतेदि । (क)
विदूषकः—ताए किं संवृत्तं ? (ख)
वसुभूतिः—ततो लावणकेण वह्निना देवी दग्धेति वार्त्ता-
मुत्पाद्य देवेन तदन्तिकं बाभ्रव्यः प्रहितः । पुनरपि सा प्रार्थिता
च । ततस्तत्रभवता सिंहलेश्वरेण चिन्तितम्—देवेन सहास्माकं
(क) आर्यपुत्र, अहमपि न जानामि कोऽत्र अलीकं मन्त्रयते ?
(ख) तस्याः किं संवृत्तम् ?