The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.11

5.11

abhyaktam api snātaḥ śucir aśucim iva prabuddha iva suptam /
baddham iva svairagatir janam iha sukhasaṅginam avaimi //
śaku (nimittaṃ sūcayitvā) aho kiṃ me vāmetaran nayanaṃ visphurati /
gautamī jāte pratihatam amaṅgalam /sukhāni te bhartṛkuladevatā vitarantu (iti parikrāmati)
purohita (rājānaṃ nirdiśya+bho bhos tapasvinaḥ asāv atrabhavān varṇāśramāṇāṃ rakṣitā prāg eva muktāsano vaḥ pratipālayati / paśyata enam /

Free from the world and all its ways,
I see them spending worldly days
As clean men view men smeared with oil,
As pure men, those whom passions soil,
As waking men view men asleep,
As free men, those in bondage deep.

Shakuntala (observing an evil omen). Oh, why does my right eye throb?

Gautami. Heaven avert the omen, my child. May happiness wait upon you. (They walk about.)

Chaplain (indicating the king). O hermits, here is he who protects those of every station and of every age. He has already risen, and awaits you. Behold him.