Sudarshana Monologue from The King of the Dark Chamber

From The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore

female · defiant · 47 sec

Oh no, no, no! He has taken away those regal robes from me for ever--he has attired me in a servant's dress before the eyes of the whole world: what a relief this has been to me! I am his servant now, no longer his Queen. To-day I stand at the feet of all those who can claim any relationship with him. (GRANDFATHER: But your enemies will laugh at you now: how can you bear their derision?) Let their laughter and derision be immortal--let them throw dust at me in the streets: this dust will to-day be the powder with which I shall deck myself before meeting my lord.

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