The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.16-17
Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.16-17
- Language
- 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.
Shakuntala. What will my husband say?
King (listening with anxious suspicion). What is this insinuation?
5.17
satīm api jñātikulaikasaṃśrayām
jano 'nyathā bhartṛmatīṃ viśaṅkate /
ataḥ samīpe pariṇetur iṣyate /
priyāpriyā vā pramadā svabandhubhiḥ //
rā kim atrabhavatī mayā pariṇītapūrvā /
Translations (4)
- 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
- Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English
Commentaries (1)
- Arthadyotanikā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit