The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.6

3.6

abnyunnatā purastād avagāḍhā jaghanagauravāt paścāt /
dvāre 'sya pāṇḍusikate padapaṅktir dṛśyate 'bhinavā //
yāvad viṭapāntareṇāvalokayāmi / (parikramya tathā kṛtvā / saharṣam) aye labdhaṃ netranirvāṇam /
eṣā me manorathapriyatamā sakusumāstaraṇaṃ śilāpaṭṭam adhiśayānā sakhībhyām anvāsyate / bhavatu /śroṣyāmy āsāṃ viśrambhakathitāni / (iti vilokayan sthitaḥ)
(tataḥ praviśati yathoktavyāpārā saha sakhībhyāṃ śakuntalā)
sakhyau (upavījya / sasneham) halā śakuntare api sukhayati nalinīpatravātaḥ /

In white sand at the door
Fresh footprints appear,
The toe lightly outlined,
The heel deep and clear.

[paragraph continues] I will hide among the branches, and see what happens. (He does so. Joyfully.) Ah, my eyes have found their heaven. Here is the darling of my thoughts, lying upon a flower-strewn bench of stone, and attended by her two friends. I will hear what they say to each other. (He stands gazing. Enter SHAKUNTALA with her two friends.)

The two friends (fanning her). Do you feel better, dear, when we fan you with these lotus-leaves?