[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 7 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7 Devanāgarī recension 7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.1b1) (tataḥ praviśaty ākāśayānena rathādhirūḍho rājā mātaliś ca) > (Enter, in a chariot that flies through the air, the king and MATALI.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.1b2) rājā mātale anuṣṭhitanideśo 'pi maghavataḥ satkriyāviśeṣād anupayuktam ivātmānaṃ samarthaye / > King. Matali, though I have done what Indra commanded, I think myself an unprofitable servant, when I remember his most gracious welcome. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.1b1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.1b1_2) mātaliḥ (sasmitam) āyuṣmann ubhayam apy aparitoṣaṃ samarthaye / > Matali. O King, know that each considers himself the other's debtor. For > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.1) prathamopakṛtaṃ marutvataḥ pratipattyā laghu manyate bhavān / gaṇayaty avadānavismito bhavataḥ so 'pi na satkriyāguṇān // > You count the service given > Small by the welcome paid, > Which to the king of heaven > Seems mean for such brave aid. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.2b1) rājā mātale mā maivam / sa khalu manorathānām apy abhūmir visarjanāvasarasatkāraḥ / mama hi divaukasāṃ samakṣam ardhāsanopaveśitasya / > King. Ah, no! For the honour given me at parting went far beyond imagination. Before the gods, he seated me beside him on his throne. And then > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.2) antargataprārthanam antikasthaṃ jayantam udvīkṣya hṛtasmitena / āmṛṣṭavakṣoharicandanāṅkā mandāramālā hariṇā pinaddhā // > He smiled, because his son Jayanta's heart > Beat quicker, by the self-same wish oppressed, > And placed about my neck the heavenly wreath > Still fragrant from the sandal on his breast. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.3b1) mātaliḥ kim iva nāmāyuṣmān amareśvarān nārhati / paśya / > Matali. But what do you not deserve from heaven's king? Remember: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.3) sukhaparasya harer ubhayaiḥ kṛtaṃ tridivam uddhṛtadānavakaṇṭakam / tava śarair adhunā nataparvabhiḥ puruṣakesariṇaś ca purā nakhaiḥ // > Twice, from peace-loving Indra's sway > The demon-thorn was plucked away: > First, by Man-lion's crooked claws; > Again, by your smooth shafts to-day. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.4b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4b1) rājā atra khalu śatakrator eva mahimā stutyaḥ / > King. This merely proves Indra's majesty. Remember: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4) sidhyanti karmasu mahatv api yan niyojyāḥ saṃbhāvanāguṇam avehi tam īśvarāṇām / kiṃ vābhaviṣyadaruṇas tamasāṃ vibhettā taṃ cet sahasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat // > All servants owe success in enterprise > To honour paid before the great deed's done; > Could dawn defeat the darkness otherwise > Than resting on the chariot of the sun? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.5b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.5b1) mātali sadṛśaṃ tava etat / (stokam antaram atītya) āyuṣmann itaḥ paśya nākapṛṣṭhapratiṣṭhitasya saubhāgyam ātmayaśasaḥ / > Matali. The feeling becomes you. (After a little.) See, O King! Your glory has the happiness of being published abroad in heaven. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.5) vicchittiśeṣaiḥ surasundarīṇāṃ varṇair amī kalpalatāṃśukeṣu / vicintya gītakṣamam arthajātaṃ divaukasas tvaccaritaṃ likhanti // mātale asurasaṃprahārotsukena pūrvedyur divam adhirohatā mayā na lakṣitaḥ svargamārgaḥ / katamasmin marutāṃ pathi vartāmahe / > With colours used by nymphs of heaven > To make their beauty shine, > Gods write upon the surface given > Of many a magic vine, > As worth their song, the simple story > Of those brave deeds that made your glory. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Matali, when I passed before, I was intent on fighting the demons, and did not observe this region. Tell me. In which path of the winds are we? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.6b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.6b1) mātali > Matali. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.6) trisrotasaṃ vahati yo gaganapratiṣṭhām jyotīṃṣi vartayati ca pravibhaktaraśmiḥ / tasya dvitīyaharivikramanistamaskam vāyor imaṃ parivahasya vadanti mārgam // rājā mātale ataḥ khalu sabāhyāntaḥkaraṇo mamāntarātmā prasīdati / (rathāṅgam avalokya) meghapadavīm avatīrṇau svaḥ / mātali katham avagamyate / > It is the windpath sanctified > By holy Vishnu's second stride; > Which, freed from dust of passion, ever > Upholds the threefold heavenly river; > And, driving them with reins of light, > Guides the stars in wheeling flight. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. That is why serenity pervades me, body and soul. (He observes the path taken by the chariot.) It seems that we have descended into the region of the clouds. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. How do you perceive it? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.7b1) rājā ayam aravivarebhyaś cātakair niṣpatadbhir haribhir acirabhāsāṃ tejasā cānuliptaiḥ / > King. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Plovers that fly from mountain-caves, > Steeds that quick-flashing lightning laves, > And chariot-wheels that drip with spray-- > A path o’er pregnant clouds betray. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.7) gatam upari ghanānāṃ vārigarbhodarāṇām // piśunayati rathas te śīkaraklinnanemiḥ // mātali kṣaṇād āyuṣmān svādhikārabhūmau vartiṣyate / > Matali. You are right. And in a moment you will be in the world over which you bear rule. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.8b1) rājā (adho 'valokya) mātale vegāvataraṇād āścaryadarśanaḥ saṃlakṣyate manuṣyalokaḥ / tathā hi / > King (looking down). Matali, our quick descent gives the world of men a mysterious look. For > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.8) śailānām avarohatīva śikharād unmajjatāṃ medinī parṇābhyantaralīnatāṃ vijahati skandhodayāt pādapāḥ / saṃtānais tanubhāvanaṣṭasalilā vyaktiṃ bhajanty āpagāḥ kenāpy utkṣipateva paṣya bhuvanaṃ matpārśvam ānīyate // mātali sādhu dṛṣṭam / (sabahumānam avalokya) aho udāraramaṇīyā pṛthivī / rājā mātale katamo 'yaṃ pūrvāparasamudrāvagāḍhaḥ kanakarasanisyandī sāṃdhya meghaparighaḥ sānumān ālokyate / > The plains appear to melt and fall > From mountain peaks that grow more tall; > The trunks of trees no longer hide > Nor in their leafy nests abide; > The river network now is clear, > For smaller streams at last appear: > It seems as if some being threw > The world to me, for clearer view. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. You are a good observer, O King. (He looks down, awe-struck.) There is a noble loveliness in the earth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Matali, what mountain is this, its flanks sinking into the eastern and into the western sea? It drips liquid gold like a cloud at sunset. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.9b1) mātali āyuṣmann eṣa khalu hemakūṭo nāma kiṃ puruṣaparvatas tapaḥsaṃsiddhikṣetram / paśya / > Matali. O King, this is Gold Peak, the mountain of the fairy centaurs. Here it is that ascetics most fully attain to magic powers. See! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.9) svāyaṃbhuvān marīcer yaḥ prababhūva prajāpatiḥ / surāsuraguruḥ so 'tra sapatnīkas tapasyati // rājā tena hy anatikramaṇīyāni śreyāṃsi / pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavantaṃ gantum icchāmi / mātali prathamaḥ kalpaḥ / (nāṭyenāvatīrṇau) > The ancient sage, Marichi's son, > Child of the Uncreated One, > Father of superhuman life, > Dwells here austerely with his wife. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (reverently). I must not neglect the happy chance. I cannot go farther until I have walked humbly about the holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. It is a worthy thought, O King. (The chariot descends.) We have come down to earth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.10b1) rājā (savismayam) > King (astonished). Matali, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.10) upoḍhaśabdā na rathāṅganemayaḥ pravartamānaṃ na ca dṛśyate rajaḥ / abhūtalasparśanatayāniruddhatas tavāvatīrṇo 'pi ratho na lakṣyate // mātali etāvān eva śatakrator āyuṣmataś ca viśeṣaḥ / rājā mātale katamasmin pradeśe mārīcāśramaḥ / > The wheels are mute on whirling rim; > Unstirred, the dust is lying there; > We do not bump the earth, but skim: > Still, still we seem to fly through air. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. Such is the glory of the chariot which obeys you and Indra. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. In which direction lies the hermitage of Marichi's son? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11b1) mātaliḥ (hastena darśayan) > Matali (pointing). See! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11) valmīkārdhanimagnamūrtir urasā saṃdaṣṭasarpatvacā kaṇṭhe jīrṇalatāpratānavalayenātyarthasaṃpīḍitaḥ / aṃsavyāpi śakuntanīḍanicitaṃ bibhrajjaṭāmaṇḍalam yatra sthāṇur ivācalo munir asāv abhyarkabimbaṃ sthitaḥ // rājā namas te kaṣṭatapase / mātaliḥ (saṃyatapragrahaṃ rathaṃ kṛtvā) etāv aditiparivardhitamandāravṛkṣaṃ prajāpater āśramaṃ praviṣṭau svaḥ / rājā svargād adhikataraṃ nirvṛtisthānam amṛtahradam ivāvagāḍho 'smi / mātaliḥ (rathaṃ sthāpayitvā) avataratv āyuṣmān / > Where stands the hermit, horridly austere, > Whom clinging vines are choking, tough and sere; > Half-buried in an ant-hill that has grown > About him, standing post-like and alone; > Sun-staring with dim eyes that know no rest, > The dead skin of a serpent on his breast: > So long he stood unmoved, insensate there > That birds build nests within his mat of hair. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (gazing). All honour to one who mortifies the flesh so terribly. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali (checking the chariot). We have entered the hermitage of the ancient sage, whose wife Aditi tends the coral-trees. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Here is deeper contentment than in heaven. I seem plunged in a pool of nectar. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali (stopping the chariot). Descend, O King. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.11a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11a5) rājā (avatīrya) mātale bhavān katham idānīm / > King (descending). But how will you fare? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.11a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11a6) mātaliḥ saṃyantrito mayā rathaḥ / vayam apy avatarāmaḥ / > Matali. The chariot obeys the word of command. I too will descend. (He does so.) Before you, O King, are the groves where the holiest hermits lead their self-denying life. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11_2) (tathā kṛtvā) ita āyuṣman / (parikramya) dṛśyantām atrabhavatām ṛṣīṇāṃ tapovanabhūmayaḥ / ### [7.12b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.12b1) rājā nanu vismayād avalokayāmi / > King. I look with amazement both at their simplicity and at what they might enjoy. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > 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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.12a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.12a0) mātaliḥ (rājānam avalokya) asminn aśokavṛkṣamūle tāvad āstām āyuṣmān yāvat tvām indragurave nivedayitum antarānveṣī bhavāmi / ### [7.12a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.12a1) rājā yathā bhavān manyate (iti sthitaḥ) > King. Very well. (Exit MATALI. The king's arm throbs, a happy omen.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.12a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.12a2) mātaliḥ āyuṣman sādhayāmy aham / (iti niṣkrāntaḥ) ### [7.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.13b1) rājā (nimittaṃ sūcayitvā) ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.13) manorathāya nāśaṃse kiṃ bāho spandase vṛthā / pūrvāvadhīritaṃ śreyo duḥkhaṃ hi parivartate // (nepathye) mā khalu cāpalaṃ kuru / kathaṃ gata evātmanaḥ prakṛtim / > I dare not hope for what I pray; > Why thrill--in vain? > For heavenly bliss once thrown away > Turns into pain. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > A voice behind the scenes. Don't! You mustn't be so foolhardy. Oh, you are always the same. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.14b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14b1) rājā (karṇaṃ dattvā) abhūmir iyam avinayasya / ko nu khalv eṣa niṣidhyate / (śabdānusāreṇāvalokya / savismayam) aye ko nu khalv ayam anubadhyamānas tapasvinībhyām abālasattvo bālaḥ / > King (listening). No naughtiness could feel at home in this spot. Who draws such a rebuke upon himself? (He looks towards the sound. In surprise.) It is a child, but no child in strength. And two hermit-women are trying to control him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14) ardhapītastanaṃ mātur āmardakliṣṭakesaram / prakrīḍituṃ siṃhaśiśuṃ balātkāreṇa karṣati // (tataḥ praviśati yathānirdiṣṭakarmā tapasvinībhyāṃ bālaḥ) bāla jṛmbhasva siṃha dantāṃs te gaṇayiṣye / > He drags a struggling lion cub, > The lioness' milk half-sucked, half-missed, > Towzles his mane, and tries to drub > Him tame with small, imperious fist. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (Enter a small boy, as described, and two hermit-women.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Open your mouth, cub. I want to count your teeth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.14a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14a5) prathamā avinīta kiṃ no 'patyanirviśeṣāṇi sattvāni vikaroṣi / hanta vardhate te saṃrambhaḥ / sthāne khalu ṛṣijanena sarvadamana iti kṛtanāmadheyo 'si / > First woman. Naughty boy, why do you torment our pets? They are like children to us. Your energy seems to take the form of striking something. No wonder the hermits call you All-tamer. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.14a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14a6) rājā kiṃ nu khalu bāle 'sminn aurasa iva putre snihyati me manaḥ / nūnam anapatyatā māṃ vatsalayati / > King. Why should my heart go out to this boy as if he were my own son? (He reflects.) No doubt my childless state makes me sentimental. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14_2) dvitīyā eṣā khalu kesariṇī tvāṃ laṅghayati yady asyāḥ putrakaṃ na muñcasi / > Second woman. The lioness will spring at you if you don't let her baby go. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.15b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.15b1) bāla (sasmitam) aho balīyaḥ khalu bhīto 'smi / (ity adharaṃ darśayati ) > Boy (smiling). Oh, I'm dreadfully scared. (He bites his lip.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.15) rājā hamatas tejaso bījaṃ bālo 'yaṃ pratibhāti me / sphuliṅgāvasthayā vahnir edhāpakṣa iva sthitaḥ // prathamā vatsa enaṃ bālamṛgendraṃ muñca / aparaṃ te krīḍanakaṃ dāsyāmi / bāla kutra / dehy etat / (iti hastaṃ prasārayati) > King (in surprise). > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The boy is seed of fire > Which, when it grows, will burn; > A tiny spark that soon > To awful flame may turn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > First woman. Let the little lion go, dear. I will give you another plaything. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Where is it? Give it to me. (He stretches out his hand.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16b1) rājā kathaṃ cakravartilakṣaṇam apy anena dhāryate / tathā hy asya / > King (looking at the hand.) He has one of the imperial birthmarks! For > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16) pralobhyavastupraṇayaprasārito vibhāti jālagrathitāṅguliḥ karaḥ / alakṣyapatrāntaram iddharāgayā navoṣasā bhinnam ivaikapaṅkajam // dvitīyā suvrate na śakya eṣa vācāmātreṇa viramayitum / gaccha tvam / madīya uṭaje mārkaṇḍeyasya+ṛṣikumārasya varṇacitrito mṛttikāmayūras tiṣṭhati / tam asyopahara / prathamā tathā / (iti niṣkrāntā) > Between the eager fingers grow > The close-knit webs together drawn, > Like some lone lily opening slow > To meet the kindling blush of dawn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Second woman. Suvrata, we can't make him stop by talking. Go. In my cottage you will find a painted clay peacock that belongs to the hermit-boy Mankanaka. Bring him that. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > First woman. I will. (Exit.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.16a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16a5) bāla anenaiva tāvat krīḍiṣyāmi / > Boy. Meanwhile I'll play with this one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.17b1) rājā spṛhayāmi khalu durlalitāyāsmai / > King. My heart goes out to this wilful child. (Sighing.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.17) ālakṣyadantamukulān animittahāsair avyaktavarṇaramaṇīyavacaḥpravṛttīn / aṅkāśrayapraṇayinas tanayān vahanto dhanyās tadaṅgarajasā malinībhavanti // tāpasī bhavatu / na mām ayaṃ gaṇayati / (pārśvam avalokya) ko 'tra ṛṣipumārāṇām / (rājānam avalokya) bhadramukha ehi tāvat / mocayānena durmocahastagraheṇa\* ḍimbhalīlayā bādhyamānaṃ bālamṛgendram / (\*durmoka) > They show their little buds of teeth > In peals of causeless laughter; > They hide their trustful heads beneath > Your heart. And stumbling after > Come sweet, unmeaning sounds that sing > To you. The father warms > And loves the very dirt they bring > Upon their little forms. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman (shaking her finger). Won't you mind me? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (She looks about.) Which one of the hermit-boys is here? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (She sees the king.) Oh, sir, please come here and free this lion cub. The little rascal is tormenting him, and I can't make him let go. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18b1) rājā (upagamya / sasmitam) ayi bho maharṣiputra / > King. Very well. (He approaches, smiling.) O little son of a great sage! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18) evam āśramaviruddhavṛttinā saṃyamaḥ kim iti janmatas tvayā / sattvasaṃśraya sukho 'pi dūṣyate kṛṣṇasarpaśiśuneva candanaḥ // tāpasī bhadramukha na khalv ayam ṛṣikumāraḥ / > Your conduct in this place apart, > Is most unfit; > ’Twould grieve your father's pious heart > And trouble it. To animals he is as good > As good can be; > You spoil it, like a black snake's brood > In sandal tree. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman. But, sir, he is not the son of a hermit. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19b1) rājā ākārasadṛśaṃ ceṣṭitam evāsya kathayati / sthānapratyayāt tu vayam evaṃ tarkiṇaḥ / (yathābhyarthitam anutiṣṭhan bālasparśam upalabhya / ātmagatam) > King. So it would seem, both from his looks and his actions. But in this spot, I had no suspicion of anything else. (He loosens the boy's hold on the cub, and touching him, says to himself.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19) anena kasya api kulāṅkureṇa spṛṣṭasya gātreṣu sukhaṃ mamaivam / kāṃ nirvṛtiṃ cetasi tasya kuryād yasyāyam aṅkāt kṛtinaḥ prarūḍhaḥ // tāpasī (ubhau nirvarṇya) āścaryam āścaryam / rājā ārye kim iva / tāpasī asya bālakasya te 'pi saṃvādiny ākṛtir iti vismitāsmi / aparicitasya api te 'pratilomaḥ saṃvṛtta iti / rājā (bālakam upalālayan) na cen munikumāro 'yam atha ko 'sya vyapadeśaḥ / > It makes me thrill to touch the boy, > The stranger's son, to me unknown; > What measureless content must fill > The man who calls the child his own! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman (looking at the two). Wonderful! wonderful! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Why do you say that, mother? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman. I am astonished to see how much the boy looks like you, sir. You are not related. Besides, he is a perverse little creature and he does not know you. Yet he takes no dislike to you. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (caressing the boy). Mother, if he is not the son of a hermit, what is his family? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.19a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19a5) tāpasī puruvaṃśaḥ / > Hermit-woman. The family of Puru. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20b1) rājā (ātmagatam) katham ekānvayo mama / ataḥ khalu madanukāriṇam enam atrabhavatī manyate / asty etat pauravāṇām antyaṃ kulavratam / > King (to himself). He is of one family with me! Then could my thought be true? (Aloud.) But this is the custom of Puru's line: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [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) ### [7.20a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a6) (prakāśam) na punar ātmagatyā mānuṣāṇām eṣa viṣayaḥ / > \[paragraph continues\] But how could human beings, of their own mere motion, attain this spot? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20_2) tāpasī yathā bhadramukho bhaṇati / apsaraḥsaṃbandhenāsya janany atra devaguros tapovane prasūtā / > Hermit-woman. You are quite right, sir. But the boy's mother was related to a nymph, and she bore her son in the pious grove of the father of the gods. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20_3) rājā (apavārya) hanta dvitīyam idam āśājananam / > King (to himself). Ah, a second ground for hope. (Aloud.) What was the name of the good king whose wife she was? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20_4) (prakāśam) atha sā tatrabhavatī kim ākhyasya rājaṛṣeḥ patnī / ### [7.20a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a0) tāpasī kas tasya dharmadāraparityāgino nāma saṃkīrtayituṃ cintayiṣyati / > Hermit-woman. Who would speak his name? He rejected his true wife. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a1) rājā (svagatam) iyaṃ khalu kathā mām eva lakṣyīkaroti / yadi tāvad asya śiśor mātaraṃ nāmataḥ pṛcchāmi / atha vānāryaḥ paradāravyavahāraḥ / (praviṣya mṛnmayūrahastā) > King (to himself). This story points at me. Suppose I ask the boy for his mother's name. (He reflects.) No, it is wrong to concern myself with one who may be another's wife. (Enter the first woman, with the clay peacock.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a2) tāpasī sarvadamana śakuntalāvaṇyaṃ prekṣasva / > First woman. Look, All-tamer. Here is the bird, the shakunta. Isn't the shakunta lovely? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a3) bāla (sadṛṣṭikṣepam) kutra vā mama mātā / ### [7.20a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a4) ubhe nāmasādṛśyena vañcito mātṛcatsalaḥ / ### [7.20a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a5) dvitīyā vatsa asya vṛttikāmayūrasya ramyatvaṃ paśyeti bhaṇito 'si / ### [7.20a6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a6_2) rājā (ātmagatam) kiṃ vā śakuntalā ity asyā mātur ākhyā / santi punar nāmadheyasādṛśyāni / api nāma mṛgatṛṣṭikeva nāmamātraprastāvo me viṣādāya kalpate / ### [7.20a7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a7) bāla mātaḥ rocate ma eṣa bhadramayūraḥ / (iti krīḍanakam ādatte) > Boy. I like this little peacock, sister. Can it fly? (He seizes the toy.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a8) prathamā (vilokya / sa udvegam) aho rakṣākaraṇḍakam asya maṇibandhe na dṛśyate / > First woman (looks at the boy. Anxiously). Oh, the amulet is not on his wrist. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a9) rājā alam āvegena / nanv idam asya siṃhaśāvavimardāt paribhraṣṭam / (ity ādātum icchati) > King. Do not be anxious, mother. It fell while he was struggling with the lion cub. (He starts to pick it up.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a0\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a0_2) ubhe mā khalv etad avalambya katham / gṛhītam anena / > The two women. Oh, don't, don't! (They look at him.) He has touched it! (Astonished, they lay their hands on their bosoms, and look at each other.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a1_2) (iti vismayād uronihitahaste parasparam avalokayataḥ) ### [7.20a2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a2_2) rājā kim arthaṃ pratiṣiddhāḥ smaḥ / > King. Why did you try to prevent me? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a3_2) prathamā śṛṇotu mahārājaḥ / eṣāparājitā nāmauṣadhir asya jātakarmasamaye bhagavatā mārīcena dattā / > First woman. Listen, your Majesty. This is a divine and most potent charm, called the Invincible. Marichi's holy son gave it to the baby when the birth-ceremony was performed. If it falls on the ground, no one may touch it except the boy's parents or the boy himself. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a4_2) etāṃ kila mātāpitarāv ātmānaṃ ca varjayitvāparo bhūmipatitāṃ na gṛhṇāti / ### [7.20a5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a5_2) rājā atha gṛhṇāti / > King. And if another touch it? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a6\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a6_3) prathamā tatas taṃ sarpo bhūtvā daśati / > First woman. It becomes a serpent and stings him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a7_2) rājā bhavatībhyāṃ kadācid asyāḥ pratyakṣīkṛtā vikriyā / > King. Did you ever see this happen to any one else? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a8_2) ubhe anekaśaḥ / > Both women. More than once. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a9_2) rājā (saharṣam / ātmagatam) katham iva saṃpūrṇam api me manorathaṃ nābhinandāmi / > King (joyfully). Then why may I not welcome my hopes fulfilled at last? (He embraces the boy.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a0\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a0_3) dvitīyā suvrate ehi / imaṃ vṛttāntaṃ niyamavyāpṛtāyai śakuntalāyai nivedayāvaḥ / (iti niṣkrānte) > Second woman. Come, Suvrata. Shakuntala is busy with her religious duties. We must go and tell her what has happened. (Exeunt ambo.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a1_3) bāla muñca mām / yāvan mātuḥ sakāśaṃ gamiṣyāmi / > Boy. Let me go. I want to see my mother. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a2_3) rājā putraka mayā saha eva mātaram abhinandiṣyasi / > King. My son, you shall go with me to greet your mother. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a3\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a3_3) bāla mama khalu tāto duṣyantaḥ / na tvam / > Boy. Dushyanta is my father, not you. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a4\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a4_3) rājā (sasmitam+eṣa vivāda eva pratyāyayati (tataḥ praviśaty ekaveṇīdharā śakuntalā) > King (smiling). You show I am right by contradicting me. (Enter SHAKUNTALA, wearing her hair in a single braid.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a5\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a5_3) śakuntalā vikārakāle 'pi prakṛtisthāṃ sarvadamanasyauṣadhiṃ śrutvā na me āśāsīd ātmano bhāgadheyeṣu / > Shakuntala (doubtfully). I have heard that All-tamer's amulet did not change when it should have done so. But I do not trust my own happiness. Yet perhaps it is as Mishrakeshi told me. (She walks about.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.20a6\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a6_4) atha vā yathā sānumatyākhyātaṃ tathā saṃbhāvyata etat / ### [7.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.21b1) rājā (śakuntalāṃ vilokya) aye seyam atrabhavatī śakuntalā yaiṣā > King (looking at SHAKUNTALA. With plaintive joy). It is she. It is Shakuntala. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.21) vasane paridhūsare vasānā niyamakṣāmamukhī dhṛtaikaveṇiḥ / atiniṣkaruṇasya śuddhaśīlā mama dīrghaṃ virahavrataṃ bibharti // śakuntalā (paścāt+tāpavivarṇaṃ rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā) na khalv āryaputra iva / tataḥ ka eṣa idānīṃ kṛtarakṣāmaṅgalaṃ dārakaṃ me gātrasaṃsargeṇa dūṣayati / bāla (mātaram upetya) mātaḥ eṣa ko 'pi puruṣo māṃ putra ity āliṅgati / rājā priye krauryam api me tvayi prayuktam anukūlapariṇāmaṃ saṃvṛttaṃ yad aham idānīṃ tvayā pratyabhijñātam ātmānaṃ paśyāmi / śakuntalā (ātmagatam) hṛdaya samāśvasihi samāśvasihi / parityaktamatsareṇānukampitāsmi daivena / āryaputraḥ khalv eṣaḥ / > The pale, worn face, the careless dress, > The single braid, > Show her still true, me pitiless, > The long vow paid. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (seeing the king pale with remorse. Doubtfully). It is not my husband. Who is the man that soils my boy with his caresses? The amulet should protect him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy (running to his mother). Mother, he is a man that belongs to other people. And he calls me his son. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. My darling, the cruelty I showed you has turned to happiness. Will you not recognise me? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (to herself). Oh, my heart, believe it. Fate struck hard, but its envy is gone and pity takes its place. It is my husband. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.22b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.22b1) rājā priye / > King. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.22) smṛtibhinnamohatamaso diṣṭyā pramukhe sthitāsi me sumukhi / uparāgānte śaśinaḥ samupagatā rohiṇī yogam // > Black madness flies; > Comes memory; > Before my eyes > My love I see. Eclipse flees far; > Light follows soon; > The loving star > Draws to the moon. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.22a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.22a5) śakuntalā jayatu jayatv āryaputraḥ / > Shakuntala. Victory, victo----- (Tears choke her utterance.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.23b1) rājā sundari / > King. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.23) bāṣpeṇa pratiṣiddhe 'pi jayaśabde jitaṃ mayā / yat te dṛṣṭam asaṃskārapāṭalauṣṭhapuṭaṃ mukham // bāla mātaḥ ka eṣaḥ / > The tears would choke you, sweet, in vain; > My soul with victory is fed, > Because I see your face again-- > No jewels, but the lips are red. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Who is he, mother? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.24b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.24b1) śakuntalā vatsa te bhāgadheyāni pṛccha / > Shakuntala. Ask fate, my child. (She weeps.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.24) sutanu hṛdayāt pratyādeśavyalīkam apaitu te kim api manasaḥ saṃmoho me tadā balavān abhūt / prabalatamasām evaṃ prāyāḥ śubheṣu hi vṛttayaḥ srajam api śirasy andhaḥ kṣiptāṃ dhunoty ahiśaṅkayā // śakuntalā uttiṣṭhatv āryaputraḥ / nūnaṃ me sucaritapratibandhakaṃ purākṛtaṃ teṣu divaseṣu pariṇāmābhimukham āsīd yena sānukrośo 'py āryaputro mayi virasaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / (rājottiṣṭhati) śakuntalā atha katham āryaputreṇa smṛto duḥkhabhāgy ayaṃ janaḥ / > Dear, graceful wife, forget; > Let the sin vanish; > Strangely did madness strive > Reason to banish. Thus blindness works in men, > Love's joy to shake; > Spurning a garland, lest > It prove a snake. (He falls at her feet.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Rise, my dear husband. Surely, it was some old sin of mine that broke my happiness--though it has turned again to happiness. Otherwise, how could you, dear, have acted so? You are so kind. (The king rises.) But what brought back the memory of your suffering wife? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25b1) rājā uddhṛtaviṣādaśalyaḥ kathayiṣyāmi / > King. I will tell you when I have plucked out the dart of sorrow. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25) mohān mayā sutanu pūrvam upekṣitas te yo baddhabindur adharaṃ paribādhamānaḥ / taṃ tāvad ākuṭilapakṣmavilagnam adya bāṣpaṃ pramṛjya vigatānuśayo bhaveyam // (iti yathoktam anutiṣṭhati) śakuntalā (nāmamudrāṃ dṛṣṭvā) āryaputra idaṃ tad aṅgulīyakam / rājā asmād aṅgulīyopalambhāt khalu smṛtir upalabdhā / śakuntalā viṣamaṃ kṛtam anena yat tadāryaputrasya pratyayakāle durlabham āsīt / > ’Twas madness, sweet, that could let slip > A tear to burden your dear lip; > On graceful lashes seen to-day, > I wipe it, and our grief, away. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (He does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (sees more clearly and discovers the ring). My husband, it is the ring! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Yes. And when a miracle recovered it, my memory returned. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. That was why it was so impossible for me to win your confidence. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25a5) rājā tena hi ṛtusamavāyacihnaṃ pratipadyatāṃ latā kusumam / > King. Then let the vine receive her flower, as earnest of her union with spring. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25a6) śakuntalā nāsya viśvasimi / āryaputra evaitad dhārayatu / (tataḥ praviśati mātaliḥ) > Shakuntala. I do not trust it. I would rather you wore it. (Enter MATALI.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25_2) mātali diṣṭyā dharmapatnīsamāgamena putramukhadarśanena cāyuṣmān vardhate / > Matali. I congratulate you, O King, on reunion with your wife and on seeing the face of your son. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25_3) rājā abhūt saṃpāditasvāduphalo me manorathaḥ / mātale na khalu vidito 'yam ākhaṇḍalena vṛttāntaḥ syāt / > King. My desires bear sweeter fruit because fulfilled through a friend. Matali, was not this matter known to Indra? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25_4) mātali (sasmitam) kim īśvarāṇāṃ parokṣam / etv āyuṣmān / bhagavān mārīcas te darśanaṃ vitarati / > Matali (smiling). What is hidden from the gods? Come. Marichi's holy son, Kashyapa, wishes to see you. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25a0) rājā śakuntale avalambyatāṃ putraḥ / tvāṃ puraskṛtya bhagavantaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi / > King. My dear wife, bring our son. I could not appear without you before the holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25a1) śakuntalā jihremy āryaputreṇa saha gurusamīpaṃ gantum / > Shakuntala. I am ashamed to go before such parents with my husband. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25a2) rājā apy ācaritavyam abhyudayakāleṣu / ehy ehi / > King. It is the custom in times of festival. Come. (They walk about. KASHYAPA appears seated, with ADITI.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.25a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.25a3) (sarve parikrāmanti) (tataḥ praviśaty adityā sārdham āsanastho mārīcaḥ) (ānasastho) ### [7.26b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26b1) mārīca (rājānam avalokya) dākṣāyaṇi / > Kashyapa (looking at the king). Aditi, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26) putrasya te raṇaśirasy ayam agrayāyī duṣyanta ity abhihito bhuvanasya bhartā / cāpena yasya vinivartitakarmajātam tatkoṭimatkuliśam ābharaṇaṃ maghonaḥ // > ’Tis King Dushyanta, he who goes before > Your son in battle, and who rules the earth, > Whose bow makes Indra's weapon seem no more > Than a fine plaything, lacking sterner worth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.26a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26a4) aditiḥ saṃbhāvanīyānubhāvāsya ākṛtiḥ / > Aditi. His valour might be inferred from his appearance. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.26a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26a5) mātaliḥ āyuṣmann etau putraprītipiśunena cakṣuṣā divaikasāṃ pitarāv āyuṣmantam avalokayataḥ / tāv upasarpa / > Matali. O King, the parents of the gods look upon you with a glance that betrays parental fondness. Approach them. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.27b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.27b1) rājā mātale / > King. Matali, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.27) prāhur dvādaśadhā sthitasya munayo yat tejasaḥ kāraṇam bhartāraṃ bhuvanatrayasya suṣuve yad yajñabhāgeśvaram / yasminn ātmabhavaḥ paro 'pi puruṣaś cakre bhavāyāspadam dvandvaṃ dakṣamarīcisaṃbhavam idaṃ tat sraṣṭur ekāntaram // mātali atha kim / rājā (upagamyobhābhyām api vāsavaniyojyo duṣyantaḥ praṇamati / mārīca vatsa ciraṃ jīva / pṛthivīṃ pālaya / aditiḥ vatsa apratiratho bhava / > Sprung from the Creator's children, do I see > Great Kashyapa and Mother Aditi? > The pair that did produce the sun in heaven, > To which each year twelve changing forms are given; > That brought the king of all the gods to birth, > Who rules in heaven, in hell, and on the earth; > That Vishnu, than the Uncreated higher, > Chose as his parents with a fond desire. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. It is indeed they. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (falling before them). Dushyanta, servant of Indra, does reverence to you both. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kashyapa. My son, rule the earth long. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Aditi. And be invincible. (SHAKUNTALA and her son fall at their feet.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.27a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.27a5) śakuntalā dārakasahitā vāṃ pādavadanaṃ karomi / ### [7.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.28b1) mārīca vatse / > Kashyapa. My daughter, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.28) ākhaṇḍalasamo bhartā jayantapratimaḥ sutaḥ / āśīr anyā na te yogyā paulomīsadṛśī bhava // > Your husband equals Indra, king > Of gods; your son is like his son; > No further blessing need I bring: > Win bliss such as his wife has won. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.28a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.28a6) aditi jāte bhartur bahumatā bhava / ayaṃ ca dīrghāyur vatsaka ubhayakulanandano bhavatu / upaviśata / (sarve prajāpatim abhita upaviśanti) > Aditi. My child, keep the favour of your husband. And may this fine boy be an honour to the families of both parents. Come, let us be seated. (All seat themselves.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.29b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.29b1) mārīca (ekaikaṃ nirdiśan) > Kashyapa (indicating one after the other). > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.29) diṣṭyā śakuntalā sādhvī sadapatyam idaṃ bhavān / śraddhā vittaṃ vidhiś ceti tritayaṃ tat samāgatam // > Faithful Shakuntala, the boy, > And you, O King, I see > A trinity to bless the world-- > Faith, Treasure, Piety. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.30b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.30b1) rājā bhagavan / prāgabhipretasiddhiḥ / paścāddarśanam / ato 'pūrvaḥ khalu vo 'nugrahaḥ / kutaḥ / > King. Holy one, your favour shown to us is without parallel. You granted the fulfilment of our wishes before you called us to your presence. For, holy one, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.30) udeti pūrvaṃ kusumaṃ tataḥ phalaṃ ghanodayaḥ prāk+tadanantaraṃ payaḥ / nimittanaimittikayor ayaṃ kramas tava prasādasya puras tu saṃpadaḥ // mātaliḥ evaṃ vidhātāraḥ prasīdanti / > The flower comes first, and then the fruit; > The clouds appear before the rain; > Effect comes after cause; but you > First helped, then made your favour plain. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. O King, such is the favour shown by the parents of the world. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.31b1) rājā bhagavann imām ājñākarīṃ vo gāndharveṇa vivāhavidhinopayamya kasyacit kālasya bandhubhir ānītāṃ smṛtiśaithilyāt pratyādiśann aparāddho 'smi tatrabhavato yuṣmatsagotrasya kaṇvasya / paścād aṅgulīyakadarśanād ūḍhapūrvā tadduhitaram avagato 'ham / tac citram iva me pratibhāti / > King. Holy one, I married this your maid-servant by the voluntary ceremony. When after a time her relatives brought her to me, my memory failed and I rejected her. In so doing, I sinned against Kanva, who is kin to you. But afterwards, when I saw the ring, I perceived that I had married her. And this seems very wonderful to me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.31) yathā gajo neti samakṣarūpe tasminn apakrāmati saṃśayaḥ syāt / padāni dṛṣṭvā tu bhavet pratītis tathāvidho me manaso vikāraḥ // mārīca vatsa alam ātmāparādhaśaṅkā / saṃmoho 'pi tvayy anupapannaḥ / śrūyatām / rājā avahito 'smi / mārīca yadā evāpsarastīrthāvataraṇāt pratyakṣavaiklavyāṃ śakuntalām ādāya menakā dākṣāyaṇīm upagatā tadā eva dhyānād avagato 'smi durvāsasaḥ śāpād iyaṃ tapasvinī sahadharmacāriṇītvayā pratyādiṣṭā nānyatheti / sa cāyam aṅgulīyakadarśanāvasānaḥ / rājā (socchvāsam) eṣa vacanīyān mukto 'smi / > Like one who doubts an elephant, > Though seeing him stride by, > And vet believes when he has seen > The footprints left; so I. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kashyapa. My son, do not accuse yourself of sin. Your infatuation was inevitable. Listen. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. I am all attention. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kashyapa. When the nymph Menaka descended to earth and received Shakuntala, afflicted at her rejection, she came to Aditi. Then I perceived the matter by my divine insight. I saw that the unfortunate girl had been rejected by her rightful husband because of Durvasas' curse. And that the curse would end when the ring came to light. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (with a sigh of relief. To himself). Then I am free from blame. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.31a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.31a5) śakuntalā (svagatam) diṣṭyākāraṇapratyādeśī nāryaputraḥ / na punaḥ śaptam ātmānaṃ smarāmi / athavā prāpto mayā sa hi śāpo virahaśūnyahṛdayayā na viditaḥ / ataḥ sakhībhyāṃ saṃdiṣṭāsmi bhartur aṅgulīyakaṃ darśayitavyam iti / > Shakuntala (to herself). Thank heaven! My husband did not reject me of his own accord. He really did not remember me. I suppose I did not hear the curse in my absent-minded state, for my friends warned me most earnestly to show my husband the ring. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.32b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.32b1) mārīca vatse caritārthāsi / tad idānīṃ sahadharmacāriṇaṃ prati na tvayā manyuḥ kāryaḥ / paśya / > Kashyapa. My daughter, you know the truth. Do not now give way to anger against your rightful husband. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Remember: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.32) śāpād asi pratihatā smṛtirodharūkṣe bhartary apetatamasi prabhutā tava eva / chāyā na mūrchati malopahataprasāde śuddhe tu darpaṇatale sulabhāvakāśā // rājā yathā āha bhagavān / mārīca vatsa kaccid abhinanditas tvayā vidhivad asmābhir anuṣṭhitajātakarmā putra eṣa śākuntaleyaḥ / rājā bhagavann atra khalu me vaṃśapratiṣṭhā / (iti bālaṃ hastena gṛhṇāti) > The curse it was that brought defeat and pain; > The darkness flies; you are his queen again. > Reflections are not seen in dusty glass, > Which, cleaned, will mirror all the things that pass. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. It is most true, holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kashyapa. My son, I hope you have greeted as he deserves the son whom Shakuntala has borne you, for whom I myself have performed the birth-rite and the other ceremonies. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Holy one, the hope of my race centres in him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33b1) mārīca tathābhāvinam enaṃ cakravartinam avagacchatu bhavān / paśya / > Kashyapa. Know then that his courage will make him emperor. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. I anticipate everything from him, since you have performed the rites for him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Aditi. Kanva also should be informed that his daughter's wishes are fulfilled. But Menaka is waiting upon me here and cannot be spared. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > 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.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33a5) rājā ataḥ khalu mama nātikruddho muniḥ / ### [7.33a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33a6) mārīca tathāpy asau priyam asmābhiḥ praṣṭavyaḥ / kaḥ ko 'tra bhoḥ / (praviśya) ### [7.33\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33_2) śiṣya bhagavann ayam asmi / > Pupil. I am here, holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33_3) mārīca gālava idānīm eva vihāyasā gatvā mama vacanāt tatrabhavate kaṇvāya priyam āvedaya yathā putravatī śakuntalā tatśāpanivṛttau smṛtimatā duṣyantena pratigṛhīteti / > Kashyapa. Galava, fly through the air at once, carrying pleasant tidings from me to holy Kanva. Tell him how Durvasas' curse has come to an end, how Dushyanta recovered his memory, and has taken Shakuntala with her child to himself. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33_4) śiṣyaḥ yad ājñāpayati bhagavān (iti niṣkrāntaḥ) > Pupil. Yes, holy one. (Exit.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33a0) mārīca vatsa tvam api svāpatyadārasahitaḥ sakyur ākhaṇḍalasya ratham āruhya te rājadhānīṃ pratiṣṭhasva / > Kashyapa (to the king). My son, enter with child and wife the chariot of your friend Indra, and set out for your capital. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.33a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.33a1) rājā yad ājñāpayati bhagavān / > King. Yes, holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.34b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.34b1) mārīca api ca / > Kashyapa. For now > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.34) tava bhavatu viḍaujāḥ prājyavṛṣṭiḥ prajāsu tvam api vitatayajño vajriṇaṃ prīṇayasva / yugaśataparivartān evam anyonyakṛtyair nayatam ubhayalokānugrahaślāghanīyaiḥ // rājā bhagavan yathāśakti śreyase yatiṣye / > May Indra send abundant rain, > Repaid by sacrificial gain; > With aid long mutually given, > Rule you on earth, and he in heaven. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Holy one, I will do my best. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.35b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35b1) mārīca vatsa kiṃ te bhūyaḥ priyam upakaromi / > Kashyapa. What more, my son, shall I do for you? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.35b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35b2) rāja ataḥ param api priyam asti / yadīha bhagavān priyaṃ kartum icchati tarhi idam astu / (bharatavākyam) > King. Can there be more than this? Yet may this prayer be fulfilled. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35) pravartatāṃ prakṛtihitāya pārthivaḥ sarasvatī śrutamahatāṃ mahīyatām / mama api ca kṣapayatu nīlalohitaḥ punarbhavaṃ parigataśaktir ātmabhūḥ // > May kingship benefit the land, > And wisdom grow in scholars' band; > May Shiva see my faith on earth > And make me free of all rebirth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.1) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p1) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p1) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p2) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.209) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p1) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit - [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.6.710) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.93.12) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) · Pramāṇa