SUDARSHANA. Wilt thou be there among them?

KING. I shall show myself again and again, from every side of
the crowd. Surangama!

[Enter SURANGAMA]

SURANGAMA. What is thy pleasure, lord?

KING. To-night is the full moon festival of the spring.

SURANGAMA. What have I to do to-night?

KING. To-day is a festive day, not a day of work. The pleasure
gardens are in their full bloom--you will join in my festivities
there.

SURANGAMA. I shall do as thou desirest, lord.

KING. The Queen wants to see me to-night with her own eyes.

SURANGAMA. Where will the Queen see you?

KING. Where the music will play at its sweetest, where the air
will be heavy with the dust of flowers--there in the pleasure
grove of silver light and mellow gloom.

SURANGAMA. What can be seen in the hide-and-seek of darkness and
light? There the wind is wild and restless, everything is dance
and swift movement--will it not puzzle the eyes?