The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.1b1
Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.1b1
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.1b1
(tataḥ praviśati kuśān ādāya yajamānaśiṣyaḥ)
śiṣya aho mahānubhāvaḥ pārthivo duṣyantaḥ / yat praviṣṭamātra evāśramaṃ tatrabhavati nirupadravāṇi naḥ karmāṇi saṃvṛttāni /
(Enter a pupil, with sacred grass for the sacrifice.)
Pupil (with meditative astonishment). How great is the power of King Dushyanta! Since his arrival our rites have been undisturbed.
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