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[He looks before him.] Ah! There he will be found, where the people are thus gathered together. Oh, that this deed of King Aryaka might be crowned with the rescued life of noble ChÄrudatta! [He quickens his steps.] Make way, you rascals! [He discovers ChÄrudatta. Joyfully.] Is ChÄrudatta yet living, and VasantasenÄ? Truly, our sovereign's wishes are fulfilled.
I see him saved by her he loved, set free
By that sweet bark, that knew her course to steer
With virtue's tackle and with goodness' gear.
He seems the moon, whose light shines clear at last,
When all the sad eclipse is overpast.48
Yet how shall I approach him, who have so grievously sinned against him? But no! Honesty is always honorable. [He approaches and folds his hands. Aloud.] O noble ChÄrudatta!
ChÄrudatta. Who are you, sir?
[174.13. S.
Sharvilaka.
And stole the gems there left behind;
But though this sin oppress my mind,
I throw myself upon your grace.49
ChÄrudatta. Not so, my friend. Thereby you showed your faith in me. [He embraces him.]
Sharvilaka. And one thing more:
To save his family and name,
Has slain the wretched PÄlaka,
A victim at the altar's flame.50
ChÄrudatta. What say you?
Sharvilaka.
Who sought the shelter of your name;
He slew King PÄlaka to-day,
A victim at the altar's flame.51
ChÄrudatta. Sharvilaka, did you set free that Aryaka, whom PÄlaka took from his hamlet, and confined without cause in the tower?
Sharvilaka. I did.
ChÄrudatta. This is indeed most welcome tidings.
Sharvilaka. Scarcely was your friend Aryaka established in UjjayinÄ«, when he bestowed upon you the throne of KushÄvatÄ«, on the bank of the VenÄ. May you graciously receive this first token of his love. [He turns around.] Come, lead hither that rascal, that villain, the brother-in-law of the king!
Voices behind the scenes. We will, Sharvilaka.
Sharvilaka. Sir, King Aryaka declares that he won this kingdom through your virtues, and that you are therefore to have some benefit from it.
ChÄrudatta. The kingdom won through my virtues?
Voices behind the scenes. Come on, brother-in-law of the king, and reap the reward of your insolence. [Enter SansthÄnaka, guarded, with his hands tied behind his back.]
P. 285.18]
SansthÄnaka. Goodnessh gracious!
Like any ass, and had my day.
They drag me round, a prishoner,
As if they 'd found a naughty cur.52
[He looks about him.] They crowd around me, though I 'm a relative of the king's. To whom shall I go for help in my helplesshnessh? [He reflects.] Good! I 'll go to the man who gives help and shows mercy to the shuppliant. [He approaches.] Noble ChÄrudatta, protect me, protect me! [He falls at his feet.]
Voices behind the scenes. Noble ChÄrudatta, leave him to us! let us kill him!
SansthÄnaka. [To ChÄrudatta.] O helper of the helplessh, protect me!
ChÄrudatta. [Mercifully.] Yes, yes. He who seeks protection shall be safe.
Sharvilaka. [Impatiently.] Confound him! Take him away from ChÄrudatta! [To ChÄrudatta.] Tell me. What shall be done with the wretch?
Shall dogs devour the scoundrel as he lies?
If he should be impaled, 't would be no blunder,
Nor if we had the rascal sawn asunder.53
ChÄrudatta. Will you do as I say?
Sharvilaka. How can you doubt it?
SansthÄnaka. ChÄrudatta! Mashter! I sheek your protection. Protect me, protect me! Do shomething worthy of yourshelf. I 'll never do it again!
Voices of citizens behind the scenes. Kill him! Why should the wretch be allowed to live?
[176.8. S.
[VasantasenÄ takes the garland of death from ChÄrudatta's neck, and throws it upon SansthÄnaka.]
SansthÄnaka. You shlave-wench, be merciful, be merciful! I 'll never murder you again. Protect me!
Sharvilaka. Come, take him away! Noble ChÄrudatta, say what shall be done with the wretch.
ChÄrudatta. Will you do as I say?
Sharvilaka. How can you doubt it?
ChÄrudatta. Really?
Sharvilaka. Really.
ChÄrudatta. Then let him be immediatelyā
Sharvilaka. Killed?
ChÄrudatta. No, no! Set free.
Sharvilaka. What for?
ChÄrud.
Thou mayst not smite with steely bladeā
Sharvilaka. All right. We will have the dogs eat him alive.
ChÄrudatta. No, no!
Sharvilaka. Wonderful! What shall I do? Tell me, sir.
ChÄrudatta. Why, set him free.
Sharvilaka. It shall be done.
SansthÄnaka. Hooray! I breathe again.[Exit, with the guards.
Sharvilaka. Mistress VasantasenÄ, the king is pleased to bestow upon you the title "wedded wife."
VasantasenÄ. Sir, I desire no more.
Sharvilaka. [Places the veil[88] upon VasantasenÄ. To ChÄrudatta.] Sir, what shall be done for this monk?
ChÄrudatta. Monk, what do you most desire?
Monk. When I see this example of the uncertainty of all things, I am twice content to be a monk.
P. 292.16]
ChÄrudatta. His purpose is not to be changed, my friend. Let him be appointed spiritual father over all the monasteries in the land.
Sharvilaka. It shall be done.
Monk. It is all that I desire.
VasantasenÄ. Now I am indeed brought back to life.
Sharvilaka. What shall be done for SthÄvaraka?
ChÄrudatta. Let the good fellow be given his freedom. Let those headsmen be appointed chiefs of all the headsmen. Let Chandanaka be appointed chief of all the police in the land. Let the brother-in-law of the king continue to act exactly as he acted in the past.
Sharvilaka. It shall be done. Only that manāleave him to me, and I 'll kill him.
ChÄrudatta.
The humbled foe who seeks thine aid,
Thou mayst not smite with steely blade.
Be cruelty with kindness paid.(54)
Sharvilaka. Then tell me what I may yet do for you.
ChÄrudatta. Can there be more than this?
Granted my enemy his abject suit;
Friend Aryaka destroyed his foeman's root,
And rules a king o'er all the steadfast earth.
And you united with me as a friend.
And shall I ask for further mercies, shown
To me, who cannot sound these mercies' end?58
Where one is filled, and one an empty shell,
Where one is rising, while another falls;
And shows how life is changeānow heaven, now hell.59
Yet may the wishes of our epilogue be fulfilled.
[85] That is, the lightning.
[86] Rohasena is himself conceived as the receptacle of the water which a son must pour as a drink-offering to his dead father.
[87] The Manes or spirits of the blessĆØd dead.
[88] A token of honorable marriage. Compare page 66.
EPILOGUE[178.9. S.
And may the heaven give never-failing rain,
The winds waft happiness to all that breathes,
And all that lives, live free from every pain.
And high esteem their high deserving wed;
May kings in justice' ways be ever led,
And earth, submissive, bend her grateful head.60
[Exeunt omnes.]
A LIST OF PASSAGESIN WHICH THE TRANSLATION DEPARTS FROM PARAB'S TEXT
35.15: Here nirmitÄįø„ is apparently a mere misprint for nirjitÄįø„. 45.11: The addition of uį¹į¹hedha tti seems almost necessary. 53.10; 54.9; 55.11; 62.7; 66.7: In these passages I have substituted "shampooer" for "gambler," to prevent confusion of the shampooer with the unnamed gambler. 57.13: I have added the stage-direction dyÅ«takaramaį¹įøalÄ«į¹ kį¹tvÄ. 67.5: Read kaį¹ for kiį¹. 72.9: Read ajjo bandhuaį¹aį¹ samassÄsiduį¹ for Parab's ajja bandhuaį¹o samassasadu. 73.5: We should probably read bÄ«hacchaį¹ (bÄ«bhatsam) for vÄ«hatthaį¹. 87.3: The words cikitsÄį¹ kį¹tvÄ seem to be part of the text, not of the stage-direction. 97.13: I regard nayasya as one word, not two (na yasya). 100.12: Read rakį¹£Än for rakį¹£yÄn. 114.5: Read į¹aaraį¹ÄrÄ«- for į¹araį¹ÄrÄ«-. 125.8-11: These lines I have omitted. 126.4: Read accharÄ«a- (ÄƧcarya-) for accharÄ«di-. 170.8: Read eka- for ekÄ-. 178.11: Read vaįøįøhamÄį¹ao for vaįøįøhamÄį¹aa. 184.9: Read a (ca) for ka. 217.15: Whatever Ƨavoįøiaį¹ may be, I have translated it in accordance with LallÄdÄ«kį¹£ita's gloss, saveį¹£į¹ikam. 226.2: Apparently khala- is a misprint for khaį¹a-. 238.10: Read -ruciram for -racitam. 259.16: Read udvÄ«kį¹£ya for udvÄ«jya. 262.4: Read -bhÄjanam for -bhojanam. 262.14: Read paįøicchidaį¹ (pratÄ«į¹£į¹am) for paįøicchiduį¹. 265.6: Read tvayÄ for mayÄ. 284.14: The words atha vÄ plainly belong to the text, not to the stage-direction. 287.2: I take paurÄįø„ as part of the stage-direction. 288.3-292.9: This passage I have omitted: compare page xii.End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Little Clay Cart, by
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