60 INTRODUCTION. First woman (Seeing Chandrà coming towards them)— Just look my friends. Oh, how beautiful that woman is She belongs not to this town. Her presence seems to be like a flash of lightning—so gloriously beautiful is she Is she the celestial nymph Urvasi? (То Аer cотранion) Do please ask who she is. Second woman (approaching Chandrā)— Who are you, good woman * Where is your home and why come you here 2 Your eyes look sad; they seem to float in tears. Your movement betrays a deep-seated anxiety of the heart. You look like a deer that is alarmed when fire breaks out in a forest. From your beauty and grace, fain do we take you for a princess. Chandrā–No princess am I, my friend, only the servant of a princess; and her beauty excels that of any other woman. She suffers from a malady which mone can diagnose. I have come in quest of some cure available here. First woman—That princess whose servant you are must needs be beautiful beyond words. Third woman—Where do you expect to find the cure in this town 2 Chandrä-It is with your king. Third woman–Our king is no physician. How can you expect medicine from him 2 Chandrä-If he is not a physician how could he cure Kubzā of her deformity?” The first woman (to her friends)— Yes, it is but too true. How does she know of it? Chandrā–Now, will you, good women, help me by telling how I can gain access to your king ” First woman–Do not enter by any of the seven front-gates. The guards will not allow you entrance. There are some gates to the inner-palace. There you will find hundreds of maid-servants coming and going. Mix in their company
- Kubza was one of the maid-servants of Kansa whom Krisna killed—she had a hump which Krisna cured by his touch when he made her his queen.
