The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.24

6.24

saṃropite 'py ātmani dharmapatnī tyaktā mayā nāma kulapratiṣṭhā /
kalpiṣyamāṇā mahate phalāya vasuṃdharā kāla ivoptabījā //
sānumatī aparichinnedānīṃ te saṃtatir bhaviṣyati /
caturikā (janāntikam) aye anena sārvavāhavṛttāntena dviguṇodvego bhartā / enam āśvāsayituṃ meghapratichandād āryaṃ mādhavyaṃ gṛhītvāgaccha /
pratīhārī suṣṭhu bhaṇasi / (iti niṣkrāntā)

Could I forsake the virtuous wife
Who held my best, my future life
And cherished it for glorious birth,
As does the seed-receiving earth?

Mishrakeshi. She will not long be forsaken.

Maid (to the portress). Mistress, the minister's report has doubled our lord's remorse. Go to the Cloud Balcony and bring Madhavya to dispel his grief.

Portress. A good suggestion. (Exit.)