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# Abhijnanasakuntalam 2.7

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7)

śamapradhāneṣu tapodhaneṣu gūḍhaṃ hi dātātmakam asti tejaḥ /  
sparśānukūleva sūryakāntās tadanyatejo 'bhibhavād vamanti //  
senā yad ājñāpayati svāmī /  
vidu vidhvaṃsatāṃ te utsāhavṛttāntaḥ /  
(niṣkrāntaḥ senāpatiḥ)  
rājā (parijanaṃ vilokya) apanayantu bhavatyo mṛgayāveśam / raivataka tvam api svaṃ niyogam aśūnyaṃ kuru /

> There lurks a hidden fire in each  
> Religious hermit-bower;  
> Cool sun-stones kindle if assailed  
> By any foreign power.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> General. Yes, your Majesty.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Clown. Now will you get out with your strenuous life? (Exit general.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (to his attendants). Lay aside your hunting dress. And you, Raivataka, return to your post of duty.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.41) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p85) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p35) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.2.p6) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.75) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.3.14) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.7) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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