{"id":163,"date":"2013-07-13T01:26:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=163"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:26:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:18","slug":"54-vikramorvasie-act-4-sc-1-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07\/54-vikramorvasie-act-4-sc-1-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","title":{"rendered":"-54_Vikramorvasie Act-4 Sc-1.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

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\nAct Four <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b> <\/p>\n

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\n SCENE I <\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe sky near the doors of the sunrise; clouds everywhere.
\nChitralekha and Sahajanya.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nDear Chitralekha, like a fading flower
\nThe beauty of thy face all marred reveals
\nSorrow of heart. Tell me thy melancholy;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI would be sad with thee.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>HITRALEKHA
\n\t<\/font>(sorrowfully)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nO Sahajanya!
\nSister, by rule of our vicissitude,
\nI serving at the feet of the great Sun
\nWas troubled at heart for want of Urvasie.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI know your mutual passion of sisterliness.
\nWhat after?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>HITRALEKHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI had heard no news of her
\nSo many days. Then I collected vision
\nDivine into myself to know of her.
\nO miserable knowledge!<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSister, sister!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>HITRALEKHA
\n\t<\/font>(still sorrowfully)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI saw that Urvasie
\nTaking with her Pururavas and love\u2014
\nFor he had on his ministers imposed<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage <\/font>
\n\u2013 973<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nHis heavy yoke of kingship \u2014 went to sport
\nAmorously in Gandhamadan green.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>(proudly)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nO love is joy indeed, when in such spots
\nTasted. And there ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>HITRALEKHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nAnd there upon the strands
\nOf heavenly Ganges, one, a lovely child
\nOf spirits musical, Udayavatie,
\nWas playing, making little forts of sand;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nOn her with all his soul the monarch gazed.
\nThis angered Urvasie.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nO natural!
\nDeep passion always is intolerant.
\nAfterwards?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>HITRALEKHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nShe pushed aside her pleading husband,
\nPerplexed by the Preceptor’s curse forgot
\nThe War-God’s vow and entered in that grove
\nAvoidable of women; but no sooner
\nHad trod its green, most suddenly she was
\nA creeper rooted to that fatal verge.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>(in a voice of grief)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nNow do I know that Fate’s indeed a thing
\nInexorable, spares no one, when such love
\nHas such an ending; O all too suddenly!
\nHow must it be then with Pururavas ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>HITRALEKHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nAll day and night he passions in that grove
\nSeeking her. And this cool advent of cloud<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage <\/font>
\n\u2013 974<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nThat turns even happy hearts to yearning pain
\nWill surely kill him.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tS<\/font>AHAJANYA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSister, not long can grief
\nHave privilege over, such beautiful beings.
\nSome God will surely pity them, some cause
\nUnite once more.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n(looking towards the east)<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nCome, sister. Our lord the Sun
\nIs rising in the east. Quick, to our service.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThey go.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage <\/font>
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Act Four    SCENE I     The sky near the doors of the sunrise; clouds everywhere. Chitralekha and Sahajanya. SAHAJANYA Dear Chitralekha, like a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}