The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.26

5.26

tad eṣā bhavataḥ kāntā tyaja vaināṃ gṛhāṇa vā /
upapannā hi dāreṣu prabhutā sarvatomukhī //
gautami gacchāgrataḥ / (iti prasthitāḥ)
śaku katham anena kitavena vipralabdhāsmi / yūyam api māṃ parityajatha / (ity anupratiṣṭhate)
gautamī (sthitvā) vatsa śārṅgarava anugacchatīyaṃ khalu naḥ karuṇaparidevinī śakuntalā / pratyādeśaparuṣe bhartari kiṃ vā me putrikā karotu /
śārṅg (saroṣaṃ nivṛtya) kiṃ purobhāge svātantryam avalambase / (śakuntalā bhītā vepate)

Leave her or take her, as you will;
She is your wife;
Husbands have power for good or ill
O’er woman's life.

[paragraph continues] Gautami, lead the way. (They start to go.)

Shakuntala. He has deceived me shamelessly. And will you leave me too? (She starts to follow.)

Gautami (turns around and sees her). Sharngarava, my son, Shakuntala is following us, lamenting piteously. What can the poor child do with a husband base enough to reject her?

Sharngarava (turns angrily). You self-willed girl! Do you dare show independence? (SHAKUNTALA shrinks in fear.) Listen.