K. You do not talk to me, but I will talk to you, and I will tell you that in all your religious exercises you think of yourself, while Siddhattha thinks of others. I wish you would go into homelessness. Nobody would miss you here.
Addressing himself to Siddhattha.
But, good my Lord, you must not go into homelessness, because you will do more harm than good.
B. How can that be, my good Kala Udayin?
K. There comes your noble wife, Yasodhara.
Yasodhara comes, her maids with umbrellas keep at a respectful distance.
Y. Come see our boy, he is a lovely child;
He just woke up. He maketh you forget,
The sad thoughts of your heart on world and life,
For he, the darling babe, is life himself.
Kala flirts with Gopa, one of Yasodhara's maids.
B. I'll follow thee at once.
Y. [Addressing Devadatta]
And brother, will you come along?
Dd.Not I.
This child is but the beginning of new misery. It continues the old
error in the eternal round on the wheel of life.
She goes into the house. Devadatta withdraws into the garden.