WASAVADHATTHAA (VASAVADHATTHAA)
Wasavadhatthaa
is
the chief queen of the king Vatsaraja (Udhayana) in all the plays like
SvapnaVaasavadhattam, Rathnavali, Priyadarsika, ThaapasaVathsaraajam etc. According to the play Ratnavali, she is elderly
and staid, her love for her lord is deep-rooted and is recognized as such later
when VatsaRaja remarks “Priyaa munchathyadhya sphutamasahathaa
jeevithamasau prakrushtasya premnah skhalithamavishahyam hi bhavathi” (134) means
our attachment has developed from day to day owing to the feeling of love
being mutually highly esteemed. So
seeing this slip on my part, never committed before, that intolerant darling of
mine will surely give up life today; for, a blundering, when love reaches its
climax, becomes intolerable.
She is well aware of the
king’s fondness for a pretty face, and hence tries (Waasavadhatthaa herself
tells that Oh! The carelessness of my servants! She will fall within the view
of Him (King) from whose range of sight she has been assiduously kept away. Well, I will say this much. Then aloud, Maid Sagarika why have you come
here, leaving away the Sarika (canary bird) when all attendants are entirely
occupied with the Madana festival?) her best to keep Sagarika (Ratnavali)
out of his sight.
Failing there, she is
naturally jealous and as such interrupts the King in his love passages, but she
is really affectionate at heart and her anger is of short duration. This is amply illustrated by her almost
instantaneous repentance at having spurned the King’s reconciliation. “Hajje!
Kaanchanamaale! Tham thathaa charana-nipathitham Aaryaputhram avadheerya
Aagacchanthyaa mayaa Athinishturam krutham.
Thadhidhaaneem svayameva gathvaa Aaryaputhram Anuneshyaami ” means
Maid! Kanchanamaalaa! I acted very cruelly in coming away after having
slighted my husband fallen at my feet in that manner. So, I will now go personally and conciliate
my husband.
Her tenderness of heart
is shown when she readily confesses her secret, viz., the imprisonment of
Sagarika in fetters, the moment she perceived her to be in danger of life. Her magnanimity is shown finally when she
willingly accepts Sagarika as her rival and sharer in her lord’s affection, her
character thus appearing in a generous and lovable light.
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