Alas, what can you desire, you who are the desire of the whole world! From the easternmost hill on whose summit the morning sun first prints his fiery foot to the end of the sunset land have I travelled. I have seen whatever is most precious, beautiful and great on the earth. My knowledge shall be yours, only say for what or for whom you seek. Chitra He whom I seek is known to all. Arjuna Indeed! Who may this favourite of the gods be, whose fame has captured your heart? Chitra Sprung from the highest of all royal houses, the greatest of all heroes is he. Arjuna Lady, offer not such wealth of beauty as is yours on the altar of false reputation. Spurious fame spreads from tongue to tongue like the fog of the early dawn before the sun rises. Tell me who in the highest of kingly lines is the supreme hero? Chitra Hermit, you are jealous of other men's fame. Do you not know that all over the world the royal house of the Kurus is the most famous? Arjuna The house of the Kurus! Chitra And have you never heard of the greatest name of that far-famed house? Arjuna From your own lips let me hear it. Chitra Arjuna, the conqueror of the world. I have culled from the mouths of the multitude that imperishable name and hidden it with care in my maiden heart. Hermit, why do you look perturbed? Has that name only a deceitful glitter? Say so, and I will not hesitate to break this casket of my heart and throw the false gem to the dust. Arjuna Be his name and fame, his bravery and prowess false or true, for mercy's sake do not banish him from your heart--for he kneels at your feet even now. Chitra You, Arjuna! Arjuna Yes, I am he, the love-hungered guest at your door. Chitra Then it is not true that Arjuna has taken a vow of chastity for twelve long years? Arjuna But you have dissolved my vow even as the moon dissolves the night's vow of obscurity. Chitra