CHITRA(西特拉)

CHITRA(西特拉)

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1、CHITRACHITRABYRABINDRANATHTAGOREAPLAYINONEACT1CHITRAPREFACETHISlyricaldramawaswrittenabouttwenty-fiveyearsago.ItisbasedonthefollowingstoryfromtheMahabharata.Inthecourseofhiswanderings,infulfilmentofavowofpenance,ArjunacametoManipur.TherehesawChitrangada,thebeautifuldaughterofChi

2、travahana,thekingofthecountry.Smittenwithhercharms,heaskedthekingforthehandofhisdaughterinmarriage.Chitravahanaaskedhimwhohewas,andlearningthathewasArjunathePandara,toldhimthatPrabhanjana,oneofhisancestorsinthekinglylineofManipur,hadlongbeenchildless.Inordertoobtainanheir,heperf

3、ormedseverepenances.Pleasedwiththeseausterities,thegodShivagavehimthisboon,thatheandhissuccessorsshouldeachhaveonechild.Itsohappenedthatthepromisedchildhadinvariablybeenason.He,Chitravahana,wasthefirsttohaveonlyadaughterChitrangadatoperpetuatetherace.Hehad,therefore,alwaystreate

4、dherasasonandhadmadeherhisheir.Continuing,thekingsaid:"Theonesonthatwillbeborntohermustbetheperpetuatorofmyrace.ThatsonwillbethepricethatIshalldemandforthismarriage.Youcantakeher,ifyoulike,onthiscondition."ArjunapromisedandtookChitrangadatowife,andlivedinherfather'scapitalforthr

5、eeyears.Whenasonwasborntothem,heembracedherwithaffection,andtakingleaveofherandherfather,setoutagainonhistravels.2CHITRATHECHARACTERSGODS:MADANA(Eros).VASANTA(Lycoris).MORTALS:CHITRA,daughteroftheKingofManipur.ARJUNA,aprinceofthehouseoftheKurus.HeisoftheKshatriyaor"warriorcaste,

6、"andduringtheactionislivingasaHermitretiredintheforest.VILLAGERSfromanoutlyingdistrictofManipur.NOTE.--Thedramaticpoem"Chitra"hasbeenperformedinIndiawithoutscenery--theactorsbeingsurroundedbytheaudience.Proposalsforitsproductionherehavingbeenmadetohim,hewentthroughthistranslatio

7、nandprovidedstagedirections,butwishedtheseomittedifitwereprintedasabook.3CHITRASCENEIChitraARTthouthegodwiththefivedarts,theLordofLove?MadanaIamhewhowasthefirstbornintheheartoftheCreator.Ibindinbondsofpainandblissthelivesofmenandwomen!ChitraIknow,Iknowwhatthatpainisandthosebonds

8、.--Andwhoartthou,mylord?VasantaIamhisfriend--Va

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