The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.18a5
Devanāgarī recension 6.18a5
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.18a5
vidūṣaka bhoḥ kiṃ nu tatrabhavatī raktakuvalayapallavaśobhināgrahastena mukham avārya cakitacakiteva sthitā / (sāvadhānaṃ nirūpya dṛṣṭvā)
Clown. But why does she cover her face with fingers lovely as the pink water-lily? She seems frightened. (He looks more closely.) I see. Here is a bold, bad bee. He steals honey, and so he flies to her lotus-face.
Translations (3)
- Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring — Sir William Jones 1789, English