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Unit: 14; Lesson 11: The Trial

When Bassanio reached Venice, Antonio was already in the court of justice. They were waiting for the trial to begin.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ­ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒā§ŒāĻāĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

The Duke entered the courtroom, took his seat and the trial began. The Duke requested Shylock to be merciful and not to claim his pound of flesh.

āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ• āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

But Shylock would not listen to him. Bassanio offered him twice the amount of money that Shylock lent Antonio but Shylock did not accept it.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ¤āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤

He said, “ I claim my pound of flesh. The law is on my side. Antonio must pay the penalty written in the bond.”

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻœāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤â€

The Duke was extremely sorry that he could do nothing g to help Antonio. The law was on Shylock’s side and the law must be abided.

āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ• āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

The Duke feared that though the wisest lawyer in Venice was coming to speak in defense of Antonio, even he would not be able to save the merchant.

āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ• āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ­ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

Soon a young clerk entered the courtroom with a letter from the wise lawyer. The lawyer was ill and would not be able to come to the court.

āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āĻ°āĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻœā§€āĻŦā§€āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤

He requested the Duke to let his young friend, Doctor Balthazar, defend Antonio. The Duke gave his permission, and Doctor Balthazar entered the courtroom.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻĨāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻĨāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He looked very young, and the Duke doubted if the wisdom of the young lawyer could save Antonio. This young lawyer was no other than Portia in disguise and the young clerk was her friend, who was also in disguise.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ• āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻœā§€āĻŦā§€āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āĻ›āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§, āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ›āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Portia begged Shylock to be merciful and told him how God bestows mercy to those who are merciful themselves.

āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻˆāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

“ Mercy” Portia said, “ brings a blessing to him who shows it and to him who receives it. All of us pray to God for mercy. But God will only have mercy on us if we have mercy on others.”

“āĻ°āĻšāĻŽāĻ¤” āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻšāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ°āĻšāĻŽāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻˆāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤â€

Shylock paid no heed to Portia. All he wanted was his pound of flesh. Portia asked, “ Can’t Antonio pay the debt?”

āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸āĨ¤ āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛, “āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž?”

Bassanio cried, “ Yes, he can pay it, and even more. â€Ļ Even I can pay ten times the sum my friend borrowed from Shylock.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻšāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹, “āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĨ¤ â€Ļ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻļāĻ—ā§āĻŖ āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤

“ Won’t you take the money, Shylock?” Portia asked. “ No, I demand the lawful penalty. Give me my pound of flesh.” “ Let me see the bond Shylock”, said Portia.

“āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•?” āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤ “āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ— āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤” “āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“”, āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛āĨ¤

Shylock handed the bond to her. She read it with great attention and then said, “ You are right Shylock.

āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ•āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ› āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•āĨ¤

The law is on your side. You can claim the flesh. But I would request you one more time to accept the sum Bassanio is offering you, and let me tear up the bond.”

āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨. āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ›āĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤â€

But Shylock would not give up his claim. Portia then turned towards Antonio and said, “ Get ready Antonio for Shylock to cut his pound of flesh. The law gives it to him.”

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛, “āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤â€

Shylock was filled with joy on hearing what Portia said. He began to praise Portia in disguise, for her wisdom and righteousness.

āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡ āĻ­āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ›āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He cried out, “Oh noble judge! Oh excellent young man, you are a second Daniel, who has come to this earth.”

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻšā§‡ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•! āĻ“āĻš āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ•, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĄā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

Portia urged Shylock to cut the pound of flesh he demanded. Delighted, Shylock walked towards Antonio with a knife in hand.

āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ›ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĨ¤

He told Antonio to uncover his chest. But as he was about to cut Antonio’s flesh, Portia stopped him.

āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

She cried out, “ Wait Shylock! Never forget – there is no mention of blood in the bond.

āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻšāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛, “āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“ āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•! āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¨āĻž- āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ– āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

Therefore, you cannot shed a single drop of blood while you cut your pound of flesh; or else you pay the penalty.

āĻ…āĻ¤āĻāĻŦ, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ• āĻĢā§‹āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ“ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž; āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

And the penalty is, the state will take your property from you. You lose everything that you have now, Shylock.”

āĻ†āĻ° āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹, āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ° āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‹, āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ•āĨ¤”

Shylock understood it was not possible for him to cut a pound of flesh without shedding blood. He was defeated by the wise lawyer.

āĻļāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ ​​āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻœā§€āĻŦā§€āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤

He hung his head and without another word left the courtroom. Thus Antonio’s life was saved.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ•ā§āĻˇ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
01.   Trail (n)

02.   Mercy (n)

03.   Accept (v)

04.   Abide by (V. phr)

05.   Duke (n)

06.   Wisdom (n)

07.   Disguise (n)

08.   Demand (n/v)

09.   Bond (n)

10.   Mention (v)

11.   Uncover (v)

12.   Praise (v)

13.   Merciful (adj)

14.   Claim (v)

15.    Defend (v)

16.   Doubt (v)

17.   Bestow (v)

18.   Blessing (n)

19.   Borrow (v)

20.   Righteousness (n)

21.   Excellent (adj)

22.   Shed (v)

23.   Defeat (v)

ā§Ļā§§. āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻž

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœāĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻœā§āĻžāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻ¤āĻž

ā§Ļā§­. āĻ›āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦā§‡āĻļ

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻšāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻšā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ– āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§§. āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§¨. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Š. āĻĻā§ŸāĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻ¸āĻĻā§Ÿ

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§­. āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻļā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ

ā§§ā§¯. āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§¨ā§Ļ. āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻļāĻĒāĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻŖāĻ¤āĻž, āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻžā§ŸāĻ¤āĻž

ā§¨ā§§. āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ, āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ°

ā§¨ā§¨. āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹

ā§¨ā§Š. āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž