The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.12

7.12

prāṇānām anilena vṛttir ucitā satkalpavṛkṣe vane
toye kāñcanapadmareṇukapiśe dharmābhiṣekakriyā /
dhyānaṃ ratnaśilātaleṣu vibudhastrīsaṃnidhau saṃyamo
yat kāṅkṣanti tapobhir anyamunayas tasmiṃs tapasyanty amī //
mātali utsarpiṇī khalu mahatāṃ prārthanā / (parikramya / ākāśe) aye vṛddhaśākalya kim anutiṣṭhati bhagavān mārīcaḥ / kiṃ bravīṣi / dākṣāyaṇyā prativratārdham adhikṛtya pṛṣṭas tasyai maharṣipatnīsahitāyai kathayatīti /
rājā (karṇaṃ dattvā) aye pratipālyāvasaraḥ khalu prastāvaḥ /

Their appetites are fed with air
Where grows whatever is most fair;
They bathe religiously in pools
Which golden lily-pollen cools;
They pray within a jewelled home,
Are chaste where nymphs of heaven roam:
They mortify desire and sin
With things that others fast to win.

Matali. The desires of the great aspire high. (He walks about and speaks to some one not visible.) Ancient Shakalya, how is Marichi's holy son occupied? (He listens.) What do you say? That he is explaining to Aditi, in answer to her question, the duties of a faithful wife? My matter must await a fitter time. (He turns to the king.) Wait here, O King, in the shade of the ashoka tree, till I have announced your coming to the sire of Indra.