The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.9

6.9

itaḥ pratyādeśāt svajanam anugantuṃ vyavasitā
sthitā tiṣṭha ity uccair vadati guruśiṣye gurusame /
punar dṛṣṭiṃ bāṣpaprasarakaluṣām arpitavatī
mayi krūre yat tat saviṣam iva śalyaṃ dahati mām //
sānumatī aho / īdṛśī svakāryaparatā / asya saṃtāpenāhaṃ rame /
vidūṣaka bhoḥ asti me tarkaḥ kenāpi tatrabhavatyākāśacāriṇī nīteti /
rājā kaḥ patidevatām anyaḥ parāmarṣṭum utsaheta / menakā kila sakhyās te janmapratiṣṭheti śrutavān asmi / tatsahacāriṇībhiḥ sakhī te hṛteti me hṛdayam āśaṅkate /
sānumatī saṃmohaḥ khalu vismayanīyo na pratibodhaḥ /

When I denied her, then she tried
To join her people. "Stay," one cried,
Her father's representative.
She stopped, she turned, she could but give
A tear-dimmed glance to heartless me--
That arrow burns me poisonously.

Mishrakeshi. How his fault distresses him!

Clown. Well, I don't doubt it was some heavenly being that carried her away.

King. Who else would dare to touch a faithful wife? Her friends told me that Menaka was her mother. My heart persuades me that it was she, or companions of hers, who carried Shakuntala away.

Mishrakeshi. His madness was wonderful, not his awakening reason.