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The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.8

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.8

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Sanskrit

2.8

surayuvatisaṃbhavaṃ kila muner apatyaṃ tad ujjhitādhigatam /
arkasyopari śithilaṃ cyutam iva navamālikākusumam //
vidu )vihasya) yathā kasya api piṇḍakharjūrair udvejitasya tiṇḍyām (tintiṇyām) abhilāṣo bhavet tathā strīratnaparibhogiṇaḥ bhavata iyam abhyarthanā /
rā na tāvad enāṃ paśyāmi yenaivam avādīḥ /
vidu tat khalu ramaṇīyaṃ yad bhavato 'pi vismayam utpādayati /

Sprung from a nymph of heaven
Wanton and gay,
Who spurned the blessing given,
Going her way; By the stern hermit taken
In her most need:
So fell the blossom shaken,
Flower on a weed.

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

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