{"id":741,"date":"2013-07-13T01:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=741"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:30:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:06","slug":"36-vasavadutta-act-five-scene-3-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\/36-vasavadutta-act-five-scene-3-vol-06-collected-plays-part-i-volume-06","title":{"rendered":"-36_Vasavadutta-Act Five-Scene-3.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n
\n

\n
\nSCENE III<\/b><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\n <\/div>\n

\n

\n <\/div>\n

\nVasavadutta’s apartment.
\nMahasegn, Ungarica, Umba bound, armed women.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nShe is not here. O treachery! If thou
\nWert privy to this, thou shalt die impaled
\nOr cloven in many pieces.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>MBA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI am resigned.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThou’lt stain thy soul with a woman’s murder, King?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\n‘Tis truth; she is too slight a thing to crush.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAre not the gardens searched ? Who are these slaves<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWho dare to loiter? If he’s seized, he dies.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWilt thou make ill much worse, \u2014 if this be ill?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nHow say’st thou? ‘Tis<\/b> not ill? My house is shamed,
\nMy pride downtrodden; all the country laughs
\nAlready at the baffled Mahasegn
\nWhose daughter was plucked out by one frail boy
\nFrom midst his golden city and his hosts
\nUnnumbered. Who shall honour me henceforth?
\nWho worship? Who obey? Who fear my sword?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nCowsambie’s king has kept the Aryan law,
\nNor is thy daughter shamed at all in this,
\nBut taken with noblest honour.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 311<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n‘Tis a law
\nI spurn. My will is trodden underfoot,
\nMy pride which to preserve or to avenge
\nIs the warrior’s righteousness. Udayan dies.
\nOr if he reach his capital, my hosts
\nShall thunder on and blot it into flame,
\nA pyre for his torn dishonoured corpse.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nHast thou forgotten thy daughter’s heart? Her good,
\nHer happiness are nothing then to thee ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tMAHASEGN<\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIs she my daughter? She’ll not wish to live
\nHer sire’s dishonour.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThinkest thou he seized her,
\nHer heart consenting not ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nIf it be so
\nAnd she thus rebel to my will and blood,
\nLet her eyes gaze upon their sensuous cause
\nOf treason mocked with many marring spears.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nArt thou an Aryan king and threatenest thus?
\nThy daughter only for thyself was loved ?<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nS<\/font>ilence, my queen! Chafe not the lion wroth.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe tiger rather, if this mood thou nurse.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nA Kiratha woman enters.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 312<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\nThou com’st, slow slave!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tKIRATHIE <\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nKing, all the grounds are searched.
\nThe guards lie gagged below the southern gate;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAll’s empty.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nWhere’s Gopalaca ? He too
\nHas leisures!<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tK<\/font>IRATHIE <\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nThere’s a captain from the walls.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nHa! bring him.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThe Kirathie brings in the Avunthian captain.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\nVuthsa has broken forth.
\nThe wardens of the gate are maimed or dead;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTriumphant, bearing Vasavadutta, far
\nExults his chariot o’er the moonlit plains.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nO bitter messenger! Pursue, pursue!<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nRebha with his armed men and stern-lipped speed
\nIs hot behind.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nLet all my force that keeps
\nUjjayinie, be hurled after them, one speed.
\nCall, call Vicurna; let the boy bring back<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 313<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nFirst fame of arms today in Vuthsa slain,
\nHis sister’s ravisher.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nLet not my words
\nOffend my king. ‘Twas Prince Vicurna’s car
\nBore forth his sister and Vicurna’s self
\nRode as her guard.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tM<\/font>AHASEGN
\n\t<\/font>{after an astonished pause)<\/i><\/font>
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nDo all my house, my blood
\nRevolt against me ?<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nThe princess Bundhumathie,
\nThy daughter’s serving maiden, at Vuthsa’s side-
\nControlled his coursers.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nHer I do not blame,
\nYet will most fiercely punish. Captain, go;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nGather my chariots; let them gallop fast
\nCrushing these fugitives’ new-made tracks.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAs the captain departs, Gopalaca enters.<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nGopalaca,
\nHead, son, my armies; bear thy sister back
\nBefore irrevocable shame is done,
\nNor with thy father’s greatness unavenged return.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nMy father, hear me. Though quite contrary<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nTo all our planned design this thing has fallen,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nYet no dishonour tarnishes the deed,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nBut as a hero with a hero’s child<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHas Vuthsa seized the girl. We planned a snare,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe by a noble violence answers us.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nWe sought to bribe him to a vassal’s state<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 314<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nDangling the jewel of our house in front;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe keeps his freedom and enjoys the gem.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThen since we chose the throw of dice and lost,<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nLet us be noble gamblers, like a friend<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nReceive God’s hostile chance, nor house blind wounded thoughts<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nAs common natures might. Sanction this rapt;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nLet there be love ‘twixt Vuthsa’s house and us.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nI see that in their hearts all have conspired
\nAgainst my greatness. Thou art Avunthie’s prince,
\nMy second in my cares. Hear then! if ‘twixt
\nUjjayinie and my frontiers they are seized,
\nMy fiercer will shall strike; but if they reach
\nFree Vindhya, thou thyself shalt make the peace.
\nTake Vasavadutta’s household and this girl,
\nTake all her wealth and gauds; lead her thyself
\nOr follow to Cowsambie, but leave not
\nTill she is solemnised as Vuthsa’s queen.
\nSole let her reign throned by Udayan’s side;<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nThen only shall peace live betwixt our realms.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nAnd I will fetch Vicurna back.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\nSon, never.
\nI exile the rebel to his name and house.
\nLet him with Vuthsa whom he chooses dwell,
\nMy foeman’s servant.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHe goes out, followed by the guards.
\nGopalaca unbinds Umba.<\/i><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nIf we give his rage its hour,
\n‘Twill sink. His pride will call Vicurna back,
\nIf not the father’s heart.<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 315<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

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

\nHaste, gather quickly
\nHer wealth and household. I would make earliest speed,
\nLest Vuthsa by ill hap be seized for ill.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\tU<\/font>NGARICA
\n\t<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nFear not, my son. The hosts are not on earth
\nThat shall prevail against these two in arms.<\/font>
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 316<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCENE III     Vasavadutta’s apartment. Mahasegn, Ungarica, Umba bound, armed women. MAHASEGN She is not here. O treachery! If thou Wert privy to this,…<\/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-741","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\/741","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=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}