willed it--true and tried.
I 'll not forget Chandanaka, be sure,
What time the oracle is justified. 26

_Chand._

May Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Three in One,
Protect thee, and the Moon, and blessed Sun;
Slay all thy foes, as mighty Parvati
Slew Shumbha and Nishumbha--fearfully. 27

[_Exit Vardhamanaka, with the bullock-cart. Chandanaka looks toward
the back of the stage._] Aha! As he goes away, my good friend
Sharvilaka is following him. Well, I 've made an enemy of Viraka,
the chief constable and the king's favorite; so I think I too had
better be following him, with all my sons and brothers.

[_Exit._

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 68: A bad omen, in the case of a woman.]

[Footnote 69: Lalladiksita says that these horoscopes indicate
respectively distress, colic, stupidity, poverty, sorrow, destruction.]

[Footnote 70: A good omen, in the case of a man.]

ACT THE SEVENTH

ARYAKA'S ESCAPE

[_Enter Charudatta and Maitreya._]

_Maitreya._

How beautiful the old garden Pushpakaranda is.

_Charudatta._ You are quite right, my friend. For see!

The trees, like merchants, show their wares;
Each several tree his blossoms bears,
While bees, like officers, are flitting,
To take from each what toll is fitting. 1

_Maitreya._ This simple stone is very attractive. Pray be seated.

_Charudatta._ [_Seats himself._] How Vardhamanaka lingers, my friend!

_Maitreya._ I told Vardhamanaka to bring Vasantasena and come
as quickly as he could.

_Charudatta._ Why then does he linger?

Is he delayed by some slow-moving load?
Has he returned with broken wheel or traces?
Obstructions bid him seek another road?
His bullocks, or himself, choose these slow paces? 2

[_Enter Vardhamanaka with the bullock-cart, in which Aryaka lies
hidden._]

_Vardhamanaka._ Get up, bullocks, get up!

_Aryaka._ [_Aside._]

And still I fear the spies that serve the king;
Escape is even yet a doubtful thing,
While to my foot these cursed fetters cling.

Some good man 't is, within whose cart I lie,
Like cuckoo chicks, whose heartless mothers fly,
And crows must rear the fledglings, or they die. 3

I have come a long distance from the city. Shall I get out of the
cart and seek a hiding-place in the grove?