[Footnote 24: See viii. 38 and compare the words, "Yet love bids me prattle," on page 86.] [Footnote 25: Page 87.] [Footnote 26: Stanzas of the latter sort in The Little Clay Cart are vii. 2 and viii. 5.] [Footnote 27: This statement requires a slight limitation; compare, for example, the footnote to page 82.] [Footnote 28: But the combination _th_ should be pronounced as in _ant-hill_, not as in _thin_ or _this_; similarly _dh_ as in _mad-house_; _bh_ as in _abhor._] [Footnote 29: Except in the names Āryaka and Āhīnta, where typographical considerations have led to the omission of the macron over the initial letter; and except also in head-lines.] DRAMATIS PERSONAE CHĀRUDATTA, _a Brahman merchant_ ROHASENA, _his son_ MAITREYA, _his friend_ VARDHAMĀNAKA, _a servant in his house_ SANSTHĀNAKA, _brother-in-law of King_ PĀLAKA STHĀVARAKA, _his servant_ _Another Servant of_ SANSTHĀNAKA _A Courtier_ ARYAKA, _a herdsman who becomes king_ SHARVILAKA, _a Brahman, in love with_ MADANIKĀ _A Shampooer, who becomes a Buddhist monk_ MĀTHURA, _a gambling-master_ DARDURAKA, _a gambler_ _Another Gambler_ KARNAPŪRAKA } KUMBHĪLAKA } _servants of_ VASANTASENĀ VĪRAKA } CHANDANAKA } _policemen_ GOHA } AHĪNTA } _headsmen_ _Bastard pages, in_ VASANTASENĀ'S _house_ _A Judge_, _a Gild-warden_, _a Clerk_, _and a Beadle_ VASANTASENĀ, _a courtezan_ _Her Mother_ MADANIKĀ, _maid to_ VASANTASENĀ _Another Maid to_ VASANTASENĀ _The Wife of_ CHĀRUDATTA RADANIKĀ, _a maid in_ CHĀRUDATTA'S _house_ SCENE UJJAYINĪ (_called also_ AVANTI) _and its Environs_ THE LITTLE CLAY CART PROLOGUE _Benediction upon the audience_ His bended knees the knotted girdle holds, Fashioned by doubling of a serpent's folds; His sensive organs, so he checks his breath, Are numbed, till consciousness seems sunk in death; Within himself, with eye of truth, he sees The All-soul, free from all activities. May His, may Shiva's meditation be Your strong defense; on the Great Self thinks he, Knowing full well the world's vacuity. 1 And again: May Shiva's neck shield you from every harm, That seems a threatening thunder-cloud, whereon, Bright as the lightning-flash, lies Gaurī's arm. 2 _Stage-director._ Enough of this tedious work, which fritters away the interest of the audience! Let me then most reverently salute the honorable gentlemen, and announce our intention to produce a drama called "The Little Clay Cart." Its author was a man Who vied with elephants in lordly grace; Whose eyes were those of the chakora bird That feeds on moonbeams; glorious his face As the full moon; his person, all have heard, Was altogether lovely. First in worth Among the twice-born was this poet, known As Shūdraka far over all the earth, His virtue's depth unfathomed and alone. 3 [1.14. S. And again: