The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.10-11

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.10-11

Language: Sanskrit

1.10

na khalu na khalu bāṇaḥ saṃnipātyo 'yam asmin mṛduni mṛgaśarīre puṣparāśāv+ivāgniḥ /
kva bata hariṇakānāṃ jīvitaṃ cātilolaṃ kva ca niśitanipātā vajrasārāḥ śarās te //

Why should his tender form expire,
As blossoms perish in the fire?
How could that gentle life endure
The deadly arrow, sharp and sure? Restore your arrow to the quiver;
To you were weapons lent
The broken-hearted to deliver,
Not strike the innocent.
Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

1.11

tat sādhukṛtasaṃdhānaṃ pratisaṃhara sāyakam /
ārtatrāṇāya vaḥ śastraṃ na prahartum anāgasi //
rājā eṣa pratisaṃhṛtaḥ (iti yathoktaṃ karoti)

King (bowing low). It is done. (He does so.)
Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

Translations (3)

Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring — Sir William Jones 1789, English