The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.9

5.9

kiṃ tāvad vratinām upoḍhatapasāṃ vighnais tapo dūṣitam
dharmāraṇyacareṣu kenacid uta prāṇiṣv asacceṣṭitam /
āhosvit prasavo mamāpacaritair viṣṭambhito vīrudhām
ity ārūḍhabahupratarkam aparicchedākulaṃ me manaḥ //
pratihārī sucaritanandina ṛṣayo devaṃ sabhājayitum āgatā iti tarkayāmi /
(tataḥ praviśanti gautamī sahitāḥ śakuntalāṃ puraskṛtya munayaḥ / puraś caiṣāṃ kañcukī purohitaś ca)

Do leaguèd powers of sin conspire
To balk religion's pure desire?
Has wrong been done to beasts that roam
Contented round the hermits' home?
Do plants no longer bud and flower,
To warn me of abuse of power?
These doubts and more assail my mind,
But leave me puzzled, lost, and blind.

Portress. How could these things be in a hermitage that rests in the fame of the king's arm? No, I imagine they have come to pay homage to their king, and to congratulate him on his pious rule.

(Enter the chaplain and the chamberlain, conducting the two pupils of KANVA, With GAUTAMI and SHAKUNTALA.)