{"id":734,"date":"2013-07-13T01:30:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=734"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:30:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:03","slug":"37-vasavadutta-act-five-scene-4-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\/37-vasavadutta-act-five-scene-4-vol-06-collected-plays-part-i-volume-06","title":{"rendered":"-37_Vasavadutta-Act Five-Scene-4.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nSCENE IV <\/font><\/b><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

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\n <\/div>\n

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\n <\/div>\n

The Avunthian forests; moonlight.
\nVuthsa, Vasavadutta, Munjoolica.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThou hast held the reins divinely. We approach
\nOur kingdom’s border.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nBut the foe surround.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nWe will break through as twice now we have done.
\nVicurna comes.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVicurna arrives ascending.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nVuthsa, yon Rebha asks
\nFor parley; is it given? Fid hold him here
\nWhile by a long masked woodland breach I know
\nSilent we pass their cordon.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nForce is best.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nVuthsa, to my mind more; but I would spare
\nOur Vasavadutta’s heart these fierce alarms.
\nThough she breathes nothing, yet she suffers.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nGood!<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWe’ll choose thy peaceful breach.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nVicurna descends.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 317<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\nVuthsa, if I
\nStood forth and bade their leader cease pursuit,
\nSince of my will I go, he must desist.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nIt would diminish, love, my victory
\nAnd triumph which are thine.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThen let it go.
\nI would not stain thy fame in arms, though over
\nMy house’s head its wheels go trampling.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>UNJOOLICA
\n\t<\/font>(yawning)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nOugh!
\nIf we could parley a truce for sleep. This fighting
\nMakes very drowsy.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nVicurna returns with Rebha.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nWell, captain, thy demand!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nVuthsa, thou art environed. Dost thou yield?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThou mock’st! Return; we’ll break the third last time
\nThy fragile chain. Are thy dead counted ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThe living
\nOutnumber their first strength; more force comes on
\nFast from Ujjayinie. Therefore yield the princess.
\nThyself depart a freeman to thy realms.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 318<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\nKnow’st thou thy offer is an insolence ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThen, Prince, await the worst. Living and bound
\nOr else a corpse we’ll bring thee back to^our city.
\nThree times around thee is my cordon passed,
\nThy steeds are spent, nor hast thou Urjoon’s quiver.
\nThe dawn prepares; think it thy last.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nAt noon
\nI give thee tryst within my borders.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRebha goes.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nSwift!
\nBefore he reach his men and back ascend,
\nWe must be far. Munjoolica, mount my horse,
\nRide to Yougundharayan, bid him bring on
\nHis numbers; for I see armies thundering towards us
\nWith angry speed o’er the Avunthian plains.
\nI’ll guide the car.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThe horse?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nBound in yon grove.
\nRein lightly; he’s high-mettled.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nTeach me not.
\nThere is no horse yet foaled I cannot ride.
\nWhich is my way through all this leafy tangle?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nShe goes towards the grove.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 319<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\tVICURNA <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThou canst not miss it; for yon path leads only
\nTo Lokanatha’s hill beyond our borders.
\nNow on!<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThe moonlight and the glad night-winds
\nHave rustled luminously among the leaves
\nAnd sung me wordless paeans while I fought.
\nNow let them fall into a rapturous strain
\nOf silence, while I ride with thee safe clasped
\nUpon my bosom.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nIf I could hold thee safe at last!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 320<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCENE IV     The Avunthian forests; moonlight. Vuthsa, Vasavadutta, Munjoolica. VUTHSA . Thou hast held the reins divinely. We approach Our kingdom’s border. MUNJOOLICA…<\/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-734","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\/734","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=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}