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The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.10

Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.10

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Sanskrit

5.10

mahābhāgaḥ kāmaṃ narapatir abhinnasthitir asau
na kaścid varṇānām apatham apakṛṣṭo 'pi bhajate /
tathāpīdaṃ śaśvatparicitaviviktena manasā /
janākīrṇaṃ manye hutavahaparītaṃ gṛham iva //

The king is noble and to virtue true;
None dwelling here commit the deed of shame;
Yet we ascetics view the worldly crew
As in a house all lapped about with flame.

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

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