The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.17

3.17

idam ananyaparāyaṇam anyathā hṛdayasaṃnihite hṛdayaṃ mama /
yadi samarthayase madirekṣaṇe madanabāṇahato 'smi hataḥ punaḥ //
ana vayasya bahuvallabhā rājānaḥ śrūyante / yathā nau priyasakhī bandhujanaśocanīyā na bhavati tathā nirvāhaya /

Bewitching eyes that found my heart,
You surely see
It could no longer live apart,
Nor faithless be.
I bear Love's arrows as I can;
Wound not with doubt a wounded man.

Anusuya. But, your Majesty, we hear that kings have many favourites. You must act in such a way that our friend may not become a cause of grief to her family.