The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.33
Devanāgarī recension 7.33
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.33
rathenānuddhātastimitagatinā tīrṇajaladhiḥ
purā saptadvīpāṃ jayati vasudhām apratirathaḥ /
ihāyaṃ sattvānāṃ prasabhadamanāt sarvadamanaḥ
punar yāsyaty ākhyāṃ bharata il lokasya bharaṇāt //
rājā bhagavatā kṛtasaṃskāre sarvam asmin vayam āśāsmahe /
aditi bhagavann asyā duhitṛmanorathasaṃpatteḥ kaṇvo 'pi tāvatśrutavistāraḥ kriyatām / duhitṛvatsalā menakā ihaiva upacarantī tiṣṭhati /
śakuntalā (ātmagatam) manorathaḥ khalu me bhaṇito bhagavatyā /
mārīca tapaḥprabhavāt pratyakṣaṃ sarvam eva tatrabhavataḥ /
Journeying over every sea,
His car will travel easily;
The seven islands of the earth
Will bow before his matchless worth;
Because wild beasts to him were tame,
All-tamer was his common name;
As Bharata he shall be known,
For he will bear the world alone.
King. I anticipate everything from him, since you have performed the rites for him.
Aditi. Kanva also should be informed that his daughter's wishes are fulfilled. But Menaka is waiting upon me here and cannot be spared.
Shakuntala (to herself). The holy one has expressed my own desire. Kashyapa. Kanva knows the whole matter through his divine insight. (He reflects.) Yet he should hear from us the pleasant tidings, how his daughter and her son have been received by her husband. Who waits without? (Enter a pupil.)
Translations (2)
- Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring — Sir William Jones 1789, English
Commentaries (1)
- Arthadyotanikā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit