{"id":182,"date":"2013-07-13T01:26:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=182"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:26:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:26:26","slug":"28-prince-of-edur-act-1-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\/28-prince-of-edur-act-1-sc-1-vol-07-collected-plays-part-ii-volume-07","title":{"rendered":"-28_Prince of Edur Act-1 Sc-1.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

\nPRINCE OF EDUR<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 
\n 
\nPERSONS OF THE DRAMA <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nR<\/font>ANA <\/font><\/p>\n

C<\/font>URRAN<\/font>, Prince of Edur, of the Rahtore clan.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nV<\/font>ISALDEO<\/font>, a Brahmin, his minister; formerly in the service of the
\nGehelote Prince of Edur.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nH<\/font>ARIPAL<\/font>, a Rajpoot noble. General of Edur; formerly in the
\nservice of the Gehelote Prince.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nB<\/font>APPA<\/font>, son of the late Gehelote Prince of Edur, in refuge among
\nthe Bheels.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nK<\/font>ODAL<\/font>, a young Bheel, foster brother and lieutenant of Bappa.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nT<\/font>ORAMAN<\/font>, Prince of Cashmere.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font>ANACA<\/font>, the King’s jester of Cashmere.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nP<\/font>RATAP<\/font>, Rao of Ichalgurh, a Chouhan noble.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nR<\/font>UTTAN<\/font>, his brother.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA C<\/font>APTAIN OF <\/font><\/p>\n

R<\/font>AJPOOT <\/font><\/p>\n

L<\/font>ANCES<\/font>.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nM<\/font>ENADEVI<\/font>, wife of Curran; a Chouhan princess, sister of the
\nKing of Ajmere.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nC<\/font>OMOL <\/font>
\nC<\/font>UMARY<\/font>, daughter of Rana Curran and Menadevi.
\nC<\/font>OOMOOD <\/font>
\nC<\/font>UMARY<\/font>, daughter of Rana Curran by a concubine.
\nN<\/font>IRMOL <\/font>
\nC<\/font>UMARY<\/font>, daughter of Haripal, friend of Comol Cumary.
\nI<\/font>SHANY<\/font>, a Rajpoot maiden, in attendance on Comol Cumary.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 739<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

<\/b> <\/p>\n

\nThe palace in Edur. The forests about Dongurh.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font> <\/p>\n

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

\n <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nThe palace in Edur.
\nRana Curran, Visaldeo.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tC<\/font>URRAN<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe is at Delsa then ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSo he has written.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nSend out a troop for escort, yielding him
\nSuch honour as his mighty birth demands.
\nLet him be lodged for what he is, a Prince
\nAmong the mightiest.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou have chosen then?
\nYou’ll give your daughter. King, to this Cashmerian?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nMy brother from Ajmere writes to forbid me,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nBecause he’s Scythian, therefore barbarous.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA Scythian? He is Cashmere’s mighty lord<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWho stretches out from those proud Himalayan hills<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHis giant arms to embrace the North.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO<\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut still<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA Scythian.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 741<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tCURRAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nWhom many Aryan monarchs crouch to appease
\nWhen he but shakes his warlike lance. A soldier
\nAnd conqueror, \u2014 what has the earth more noble ?
\nAnd he is of the great Cushanian stock
\nThat for these centuries bestride the hills
\nAgainst all comers. World-renowned Asoca
\nWho dominated half our kingly East,
\nSprang from a mongrel root.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tVISALDEO <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nRana, you’ll wed
\nYour daughter to Prince Toraman.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nI’m troubled
\nBy Ajmere’s strong persistence. He controls
\nOur Rajpoot world and it were madly done
\nTo offend him.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThat’s soon avoided. Send your daughter out
\nTo<\/b> your strong fort among the wooded hills,
\nDongurh; there while she walks among the trees,
\nLet the Cashmerian snatch her to his saddle
\nIn the old princely way. You have your will
\nAnd the rash Chouhan has his answer.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nVisaldeo,
\nYou are a counsellor! Call the queen hither;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI’ll speak to her.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExit Visaldeo.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nO excellently counselled!
\nWhat is it but a daughter ? <\/b> One mere girl
\nAnd in exchange an emperor for my ally.
\nIt must be done.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 742<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nEnter Menadevi and Visaldeo.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI
\n\t<\/font>,<\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou sent for me, my lord!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tCURRAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nHow many summers might our daughter count,
\nMena ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSixteen, my lord.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nShe flowers apace
\nAnd like a rose in bloom expects the breeze
\nWith blushing petals. We can delay no longer
\nHer nuptial rites.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Rao of Ichalgurh
\nDesires her. <\/b> He’s a warrior and a Chouhan.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nA petty baron! O my dearest lady,
\nRate not your child so low. Her rumoured charm
\nHas brought an emperor posting from the north
\nTo woo her.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nGive me the noble Rajpoot blood,
\nI ask no more.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThe son of great Cashmere
\nJourneys to Edur for her.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYour royal will<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 743<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nRules her and me. And yet, my lord, a child
\nOf Rajpoot princes might be better mated;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nSo much I’ll say.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tCURRAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nYou are your brother’s sister.
\nHe says he will not have a Scythian wed her.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nHe cherishes the lofty Chouhan pride.
\nYou know, my lord, we hold a Rajpoot soldier
\nWithout estate or purse deserves a queen
\nMore than a crowned barbarian.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nYou are all
\nAs narrow as the glen where you were born
\nAnd live immured. No arrogance can match
\nThe penniless pride of mountaineers who never
\nHave seen the various world beyond their hills.
\nYour petty baron who controls three rocks
\nFor all his heritage, exalts himself
\nO’er monarchs in whose wide domains his holding’s
\nAn ant-hill, and prefers his petty line
\nTo their high dynasties; \u2014 as if a mountain tarn
\nShould think itself more noble than the sea
\nTo which so many giant floods converge.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nOur tarns are pure at least; if small, they hold
\nSweet water only; but your seas are brackish.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nWell, well; tomorrow send your little princess
\nTo Dongurh, there to dwell till we decide
\nIf great Cashmere shall have her. Visaldeo,
\nGive ten good lances for her escort.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 744<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is not safe.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nOnly ten!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nRana, the queen is right.
\nThe Bheels are out among the hills; they have
\nA new and daring leader and beset
\nAll wayside wealth with swarms of humming arrows.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tCURRAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe lord of Edur should not fear such rude
\nAnd paltry caterans. When they see our banner
\nAdvancing o’er the rocks, they will avoid
\nIts peril. Or if there’s danger, take the road
\nThat skirts the hills. Ten lances, Visaldeo!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExit.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nMy blood shall never mingle with the Scythian.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI am a Chouhan first and next your wife,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nEdur. What means this move to Dongurh, Visaldeo ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO
\n\t<\/font>(as if to himself)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nTen lances at her side! It were quite easy
\nTo take her from them, even for a Cashmerian.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI understand. The whole of Rajasthan
\nWould cry out upon Edur, were this marriage
\nPlanned openly to soil their ancient purity.
\nThe means to check this shame ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ISALDEO
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nLady, I am
\nThe Rana’s faithful servant.<\/font> <\/font> <\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 745<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tM<\/font>ENADEVI <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSo remain.
\nI’ll send a horse to Ichalgurh this hour.
\nThere may be swifter snatchers than the Scythian.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nExit.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tVISALDEO <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nOr swifter even than any in Ichalgurh.
\nI too have tidings to send hastily.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n


\nExit.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n

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