{"id":703,"date":"2013-07-13T01:29:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=703"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:29:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:29:50","slug":"39-vasavadutta-act-five-scene-6-vol-06-collected-plays-part-i-volume-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/06-collected-plays-part-i-volume-06\/39-vasavadutta-act-five-scene-6-vol-06-collected-plays-part-i-volume-06","title":{"rendered":"-39_Vasavadutta-Act Five-Scene-6.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nSCENE VI<\/b><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\n <\/div>\n

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\n <\/div>\n

\nNear the edge of the forest in Avunthie.
\nRoomunwath, Yougundharayan, Alurca, Munjoolica, forces.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tROOMUNWATH <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nStay, stay our march; ’tis Vuthsa’s car arrives.
\nThe tired horses stumble as they pause.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThere is a noise of armies close behind
\nAnd out of woods the Avunthian wheels emerge.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThere arrive Vuthsa, Vicurna, Vasavadutta.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nMy father, all things to their hour are true
\nAnd I bring back my venture. Am I pardoned
\nIts secrecy?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nMy pupil and son no more,
\nBut hero and monarch! Thou hast set thy foot
\nUpon Avunthie’s head.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nYet still thy son.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHail, Vasavadutta, great Cowsambie’s queen.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tV<\/font>ASAVADUTTA
\n\t<\/font>(smiling happily on Vuthsa)<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

\nMy crown was won by desperate alarms.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nIt was a perilous race and in the end<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nFate won by a head. Were it not the difficult paths<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nBaffled their numbers, we were hardly here,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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\nSo oft we had to pause and rest our
\nsteeds.
\nBut in less strength they dared not venture on.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tYOUGUNDHARAYAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThey range their battle now.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nSpeak thou to them.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWar must not break.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nDemand a parley there.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

If we must fight, it shall be for
\ndefence
\nRetreating while we war unless they urge
\nToo far their violent trespass.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Rebha comes.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

Rebha arrives.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYe are suitors for a parley ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Rebha, with beaten men.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

Because you had your sister in the car
\nOur shafts were hampered.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Nor could with swords prevail
\nAgainst two boys so many hundred men.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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\n\tR<\/font>EBHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n


\nO Prince Vicurna, what thou hast done
\ntoday
\nAgainst thy name and nation, I forbear
\nTo value. Tis thy first essay of arms.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nWell dost thou not to weigh thy better’s deeds.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tYOUGUNDHARAYAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

Rebha, wilt thou urge vainly yet this
\nstrife?
\nWhat hitherto was done, was private act
\nAnd duel; now if thou insist on fight,
\nTwo nations are embroiled; and to what end?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

I will take Vuthsa and the Princess
\nback.
\nIt is my king’s command.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

The impossible
\nNo man is bound to endeavour. While we fight,
\nKing Vuthsa with the captive princess bounds
\nUnhindered to his high-walled capital.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

It is my king’s command. I am his arm
\nAnd not his counsellor; nor to use my brain
\nHave any right, save for the swift way to fulfil
\nHis proud and absolute mandate.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

If there came
\nWord from Ujjayinie, then pursuit must cease?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThen truly.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n\tYOUGUNDHARAYAN <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

Send a horseman, Rebha, ask,
\nAll meanwhile shall remain as now it stands.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nI’ll send no horseman; I will fight.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tY<\/font>OUGUNDHARAYAN
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

Then war!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

We fear it not. This is strange
\ninsolence
\nTo stand in arms upon Avunthian ground
\nAnd issue mandates to the country’s lords.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

He is going.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tROOMUNWATH <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

Rebha, yet pause! No messenger thou
\nneedst.
\nLook where yon chariot furious bounding comes
\nAnd over it streams Avunthie’s royal flag.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tR<\/font>EBHA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nIt is the prince Gopalaca. Of this I am glad.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nO if my brother comes, then all is well.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

For thou art Luxmie. Thou beside me,
\nFate
\nAnd Fortune, peace and battle must obey
\nThe vagrant lightest-winged of my desires.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

Gopalaca arrives; with him Umba.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tG<\/font>OPALACA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHail, Vuthsa! peace and love between our lands!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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\n\tVUTHSA <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

I hold them here incarnate. Welcome
\nthou
\nTheir strong achiever.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tGOPALACA <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

As earnest and as proof
\nReceive this fair accomplice of thy flight
\nUnpunished. Sister, take her to thy arms.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nO Umba, thou com’st safe to me!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tG<\/font>OPALACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

And all
\nMy sister’s household and her wealth comes fast
\nBehind me. Only one claim Avunthie keeps;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

My sister shall sit throned thy only
\nqueen, \u2014
\nWhich, pardon me, my eyes must witness done
\nWith honour to our name.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Cowsambie’s majesty
\nWill brook not even in this Gopalaca,
\nA foreign summons. Surely my will and love
\nShall throne most high, not strong Avunthie’s child
\nBut Vasavadutta; whether alone, her will
\nAnd mine, the nation and the kingdom’s good
\nConsenting shall decide. Therefore this claim
\nUrge not, my brother.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tG<\/font>OPALACA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

Let not this divide us.
\nThe present’s gladness is enough; the future’s hers
\nAnd thine, Udayan, nor shall any man
\nCompel thee. Boy, thy revolt was rash and fierce
\nWronging thy house and thy high father’s will.
\nExiled must thou in far Cowsambie dwell<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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Until his wrath is dead.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

I care not, brother.
\nI have done my will, I have observed the right.
\nNear Vuthsa and my sister’s home enough
\nAnd I shall see new countries.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Follow behind,
\nGopalaca; thy sister’s household bring
\nAnd all the force thou wilt. We speed in front.
\nRide thou, Alurca, near us; let thy harp
\nSpeak of love’s anthems and her golden life
\nTo Vasavadutta. Love, the storm is past,
\nThe peril o’er. Now we shall glide, my queen,
\nThrough green-gold woods and between golden fields
\nTo float for ever in a golden dream,
\nO earth’s gold Luxmie, till the shining gates
\nEternal open to us thy heavenly home.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nCurtain<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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SCENE VI     Near the edge of the forest in Avunthie. Roomunwath, Yougundharayan, Alurca, Munjoolica, forces. ROOMUNWATH Stay, stay our march; ’tis Vuthsa’s car…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-06-collected-plays-part-i-volume-06","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","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=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}