ACT IV.
Scene—A Lawn before the Cottage.
The two damsels are discovered gathering flowers.
Anusúyá. O my Priyamvadá, though our sweet friend has been happily married, according to the rites of Gandharvas, to a bridegroom equal in rank and accomplishments, yet my affectionate heart is not wholly free from care; and one doubt gives me particular uneasiness.
Pri. What doubt, my Anusúyá?
Anu. This morning the pious prince was dismissed with gratitude by our hermits, who had then completed their mystick rites; he is now gone to his capital, Hastinápura, where, surrounded by a hundred women in the recesses of his palace, it may be doubted whether he will remember his charming bride.
Pri. In that respect you may be quite easy. Men, so well informed and well educated as he, can never be utterly destitute of honour.—We have another thing to consider. When our father Canna shall return from his pilgrimage, and shall hear what has passed, I cannot tell how he may receive the intelligence.
Anu. If you ask my opinion, he will, I think, approve of the marriage.
Pri. Why do you think so?
