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to offer oblations to the mother goddesses at the cross-
roads, and Maitreya accompanies her with a lamp. No
sooner do they open the door than the courtesan puts
out the lamp, effects her entry into the house, and stands
in a corner in front of the hero. The maid is mistaken
for Vasantasena by 艢ak膩ra, and he and the Vita harass
her. Maitreya comes to her rescue, and through him
Sak膩ra demands that Carudatta should deliver
Vasantasen膩 to him (Sak膩ra) or else there would ensue
a never-ending enmity between them. In the meantime.
Carudatta takes Vasantasen膩 for his maid and asks her
to carry his garment inside. She accepts the garment
but stands still, being unaware of the inner apartments
of the house. Carudatta, owing to his inferiority complex,
interprets this immediately as an affront by his maid,
but Maitreya and Radanik膩 enter just then. Maitreya
delivers the message of Sak膩ra, and Vasantasen膩 comes
forward and claims protection. Mutual apologies follow
between the lovers. Stating that she was pursued for
the sake of her ornaments, Vasantasen膩 deposits them with
the hero. Despite Maitreya's protest, Carudatta accepts
the deposit and entrusts it to the care of Maitreya who
arranges with Radanik膩 that she should be the custodian
on sasthi and the next day, and that he would take charge
of the deposit on astmi. The hero then asks Maitreya
to escort the courtesan home without any lamp as the
moon had by then flooded the streets with its light.
(Act I).
The next day her maid asks Vasantasen膩 who was in
a thoughtful mood the reason thereof. In the course of
their conversation it comes out that Vasantasen膩 has set
her heart, contrary to her profession, on a poor Brahmin
named C膩rudatta, and that in order to make him easy
of approach to her without impairing his self-respect,
she has deposited her ornaments with him. Suddenly
a shampooer rushes in and asks for protection
from his creditor. He tells Vasantasen膩 that he was
born at P膩taliputra but had to leave that place through
his ill-luck, and had to earn his livelihood at Ujjain as
a shampooer. He served with a rich man, but was at
present unemployed owing to the changed circumstances
of his master. Then he took to gambling for his living,
had lost ten gold coins therein and was being pursued by