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# Abhijnanasakuntalam 2.16a3

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.16a3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.16a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a3)

karabhaka jayatu jayatu bhartā / devy ājñāpayati / āgāmini caturthadivase pravṛttapāraṇo me upavāso bhaviṣyati / tatra dīrghāyuṣāvaśyaṃ saṃbhāvanīyeti /

> Karabhaka (approaching and bowing low). Victory to your Majesty. The queen-mother sends her commands------  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King. What are her commands?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Karabhaka. She plans to end a fasting ceremony on the fourth day from to-day. And on that occasion her dear son must not fail to wait upon her.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.116) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p228) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p101) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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