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The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.28

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.28

Language
Sanskrit

1.28

vācaṃ na miśrayati yady api madvacobhiḥ
karṇaṃ dadāty abhimukhaṃ mayi bhāṣamāṇe /
kāmaṃ na tiṣṭhati madānanasaṃmukhīnām
bhūyiṣṭham anyaviṣayā na tu dṛṣṭir asyāḥ //
(nepathye)

Although she does not speak to me,
She listens while I speak;
Her eyes turn not to see my face,
But nothing else they seek.

Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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