ROHINI.
[entering] Queen, where are you going? All your inner chambers are shrouded in raging fire—do you not enter there.
SUDARSHANA.
Yes! I will enter those burning chambers! It is the fire of my death! [Enters the Palace.]
VIII
[The Dark Room. The KING and SUDARSRANA]
KING.
Do not be afraid—you have no cause for fear. The fire will not reach this room.
SUDARSHANA.
I have no fear—but oh, shame has accompanied me like a raging fire. My face, my eyes, my heart, every part of my body is being scorched and burnt by its flames.
KING.
It will be some time before you get over this burning.
SUDARSHANA.
This fire will never cease-will never cease!
KING.
Do not be despondent, Queen!
SUDARSHANA.
O King, I shall not hide anything from you. . . . I have another’s garland round my neck.