padmā krīḍitum icchati
hariṇī :padmā …vṛkṣe !
saṃjayaḥ :… vṛkṣe ?padmā vṛkṣe ?!
saṃjayaḥ :ahaha !padmā na vṛkṣe ,hariṇi !padmā śiśuḥ !śiśur vṛkṣam āroḍhuṃ na jānāti .śiśuḥ kathaṃ vṛkṣam ārohet ?
hariṇī :ahaṃ na jānāmi .kintv ahaṃ padmāṃ paśyāmi .padmā vṛkṣam ārūḍhavatī .padmā vṛkṣe !
saṃjayaḥ :tvaṃ padmāṃ na paśyasi .tvaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ paśyasi .tvaṃ kaṃcit pakṣiṇaṃ vṛkṣe paśyasi .
hariṇī :āgaccha !āgaccha mayā saha !ahaṃ padmāṃ tubhyaṃ darśayāmi .
hariṇī :paśya ,saṃjaya !paśya vṛkṣam !kiṃ vṛkṣe ?
saṃjayaḥ :ahaṃ kiṃcid vṛkṣe paśyāmi .kiṃ vṛkṣe … ?
padmā :ā !ā !ā !
saṃjayaḥ :āḥ !padmā vṛkṣe !padmā vṛkṣam ārūḍhavatī !katham ?!padmā śiśuḥ !śiśuḥ kathaṃ vṛkṣe ?!
saṃjayaḥ :āḥ !padmā vṛkṣe !ahaṃ vṛkṣam ārohāmi .ahaṃ padmāṃ gacchāmi .
hariṇī :tvayā na vṛkṣa āroḍhavyaḥ !
saṃjayaḥ :kasmāt ?
hariṇī :padmā patet !padmā vṛkṣāt patet !
saṃjayaḥ :padme !māṃ paśya ,padme !
padmā :ā !
saṃjayaḥ :āḥ !padmā vṛkṣāt patati !āgaccha ,hariṇi !
saṃjayaḥ :āḥ !
padmā :ahaha !
hariṇī :padmā na vṛkṣe .ahaṃ sukhinī .tvaṃ sukhinī kim ,padme ?
padmā :ahaha !
hariṇī :tvaṃ kasmān na hasati ,saṃjaya ?tvaṃ na sukhī kim ?
saṃjayaḥ :ahaṃ na sukhī .padmā mayi patitā !