The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.26b1
Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.26b1
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.26b1
rājā (grahītum icchan nigṛhyātmānam / ātmagatam) aho ceṣṭā+pratirūpikā kāmijanamanovṛttiḥ / ahaṃ hi
King (aside). She is going! (He starts up as if to detain her, then checks his desires.) A thought is as vivid as an act, to a lover.
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