The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.8
Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.8
- Language
- 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.
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