The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.5
Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.5
medaśchedakṛśodaraṃ laghu bhavaty utthānayogyaṃ vapuḥ
sattvānām api lakṣyate vikṛtimac cittaṃ bhayakrodhayoḥ /
utkarṣaḥ sa ca dhanvināṃ yad iṣavaḥ sidhyanti lakṣye cale
mithyā eva vyasanaṃ vadanti mṛgayām īdṛg vinodaḥ kutaḥ //
vidu apehi re utsāhahetuka / atrabhavān prakṛtim āpannaḥ / tvaṃ tāvad aṭavīto 'ṭavīm āhiṇḍamāno naranāsikālolupasya jīrṇaṛkṣasya kasya api mukhe patiṣyasi /
The hunter's form grows sinewy, strong, and light;
He learns, from beasts of prey, how wrath and fright
Affect the mind; his skill he loves to measure
With moving targets. ’Tis life's chiefest pleasure.
Clown (angrily). Get out! Get out with your strenuous life! The king has come to his senses. But you, you son of a slave-wench, can go chasing from forest to forest, till you fall into the jaws of some old bear that is looking for a deer or a jackal.
Translations (4)
- 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
- Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English
Commentaries (2)
- Arthadyotanikā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen — R. Pischel, German