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The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.2_4

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.2_4

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Sanskrit

2.2_4

vidu evaṃ rājakāryāṇy ujjhitvaitādṛśa ākulapradeśe vanacaravṛttinā tvayā bhavitavyam / yat satyaṃ pratyahaṃ śvāpadasamutsāraṇaiḥ saṃkṣobhitasaṃdhibandhānāṃ mama gātrāṇām anīśo 'smi saṃvṛttaḥ / tat prasīda me / ekāham api tāvad viśramyatām /

Clown. It's a fine thing for you to neglect your royal duties and such a sure job--to live in the woods! What's the good of talking? Here I am, a Brahman, and my joints are all shaken up by this eternal running after wild animals, so that I can't move. Please be good to me. Let us have a rest for just one day.

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

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