The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.31
Devanāgarī recension 6.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.31
jvalati calitendhano 'gnir viprakṛtaḥ pannagaḥ phaṇāṃ kurute /
prāyaḥ svaṃ mahimānaṃ kṣobhāt pratipadyate hi janaḥ //
The spurnèd snake will swell his hood;
Fire blazes when ’tis stirred;
Brave men are roused to fighting mood
By some insulting word.
Translations (1)
- Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English