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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20

Devanāgarī recension 7.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20)

bhavaneṣu rasādhikeṣu pūrvaṃ kṣitirakṣārtham uśanti ye nivāsam /  
niyataikavratāni paścāt tarumūlāni gṛhībhavanti teṣām //

> In glittering palaces they dwell  
> While men, and rule the country well;  
> Then make the grove their home in age,  
> And die in austere hermitage.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (1)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.81) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English

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