The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.2_4
Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.2_4
- Language
- 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.
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
Commentaries (2)
- Arthadyotanikā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit