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The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.16-17

Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.16-17

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Sanskrit

5.16

nāpekṣito gurujano 'nayā tvayā pṛṣṭo na bandhujanaḥ /
ekaikasminn eva carite bhaṇāmi kim ekaikam //
śaku (ātmagatam) kiṃ nu khalv āryaputro bhaṇati /
rā kim idam upanyastam /
śaku (ātmagatam) pāvakaḥ khalu vacanopanyāsaḥ /

Did she with father speak or mother?
Did you engage her friends in speech?
Your faith was plighted each to other;
Let each be faithful now to each.

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

Shakuntala. What will my husband say?

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

King (listening with anxious suspicion). What is this insinuation?

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

5.17

satīm api jñātikulaikasaṃśrayām
jano 'nyathā bhartṛmatīṃ viśaṅkate /
ataḥ samīpe pariṇetur iṣyate /
priyāpriyā vā pramadā svabandhubhiḥ //
rā kim atrabhavatī mayā pariṇītapūrvā /

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