[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [The Recognition of Śakuntalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 5\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5_2) kṛtābhimarśām anumanyamānaḥ sutāṃ tvayā nāma munir vimānyaḥ / muṣṭaṃ pratigrāhayatā svam arthaṃ pātrīkṛto dasyur ivāsi yena // > I a " -- ka if nara na, ke 7: 9. nata ka 1 vas mer \_\_NOTES-ACTv. 197 enjoy nor give it up; like a bee in the morning ( with regard to ) a kunda flower having dew within it. \[Remains musing \]. Warder.-Oh! What a devotion of our lord to righteousness ▸ Who else would think of hesitating at the sight of such a beauty aithat has easily come (of itself) ? Sarngarava. - Why are you, O king, silent ? King.-O hermits, though I have revolved (the matter in my mind), yet I cannot really remember my acceptance (in mar riage) of her. How then shall I take her, in whom the signs of pregnancy are plainly visible, knowing myself to be a husband in name ? Sakuntala. \[Aside\].-My husband has doubts regarding the marriage itself. Those high, far-reaching hopes ! where are they ! Sarngarava. That sage who approves of his daughter outraged ( by you ), and who offering back his stolen property has made you, like a robber, an object of the gift - that sage should not be insulted by you. Saradvata. - Sarngarava, let you stop now. Sakuntala, we have said what we had to say; his majesty says so. Give him a reply that is convincing. hrdayam yasya sakuntala | sranya avastha iti avasthantaram mayuravyamsakadayasceti nipatanat samasah | smaritena iti gamyamanasadhanakriyapeksaya karanatvat trtiya | mocaniyah lokanindayah raksaniyah | vyavasitam mmaranaya srayumudyamah krtah | vyavapulat sodhatoh bhave ktah | samudacarah srayryaputrasabdena sambodhanarupa rotih | yuktam nama, nameti kutsane | svabhavottana hrdayam svabhavena prakrtya uttanam rtu tam idrseh nisthuraih mamme vidarakah | samayah sapathah purvah yasmin tat yatha tatha samaya- purvakam pratijnanapurvakam, samayah sapathacarakalasiddhantasamvidah ityamarah | khyatum srakhikartum nirakartumiti yavat sakadhrsetyadina yuktamiti sraharthopapade tumun utpurvvat tanoteh karttari nah uttanam tathaca varttikam tanoterupasamkhyanam | raja | kulangasa sindhuh prasanna ' anbhah tatatarunca iva tvam vyapadesam avilayitum imam janam ca patayitu ' kim iha se || 2 || kulam kasati ya sa krlangasa kulamudra || 21 || sindhuh nado, (dese nadavisese'bdhau sindhurna sariti striyam ) prasanna nirmalam jalam tatasya taruh tam tatastham vrksam ca iva, tvam ( kulata iti srasayah ) vyapadisyate khyayate > — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam - [Previous: 5.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.20b1) - [Next: 5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.20) ## Translations (1) - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p26) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5_2) · Pramāṇa