The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.2-4

5.2

ramyāṇi vīkṣya madhurāṃś ca niśamya śabdān paryutsuko bhavati yat sukhito 'pi jantuḥ /
tac cetasā smarati nūnam abodhapūrvaṃ bhāvasthirāṇi jananāntarasauhṛdāni //
(iti paryākulas tiṣṭhati)
(tataḥ praviśati kañcukī)

In face of sweet presentment
Or harmonies of sound,
Man e’er forgets contentment,
By wistful longings bound. There must be recollections
Of things not seen on earth,
Deep nature's predilections,
Loves earlier than birth.

[paragraph continues] (He shows the wistfulness that comes from unremembered things.)

5.3

ācāra ity avahitena mayā gṛhītā
yā vetrayaṣṭir avarodhagṛheṣu rājñaḥ /
kāle gate bahutithe mama saiva jātā
prasthānaviklavagater avalambanārthā //
bho kāmaṃ dharmakāryam anatipātyaṃ devasya / tathāpīdānīm eva dharmāsanād utthitāya punar uparodhakāri kaṇvaśiṣyāgamanam asmai notsahe nivedayitum / athavāviśramo 'yaṃ lokatantrādhikāraḥ / kutaḥ /

5.4

bhānuḥ sakṛd yuktaturaṅga eva rātriṃ divaṃ gandhavahaḥ prayāti /
śeṣaḥ sadā evāhitabhūmibhāraḥ ṣaṣṭhāṃśavṛtter api dharma eṣaḥ //
yāvan niyogam anutiṣṭhāmi / (parikramyāvalokya ca) eṣa devaḥ