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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.

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

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.

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

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