The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.32
Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.32
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.32
tvanmatiḥ kevalā tāvat paripālayatu prajāḥ /
adhijyam idam anyasmin karmaṇi vyāpṛtaṃ ddhanuḥ //
vidūṣaka yad bhavān ājñāpayati (iti niṣkrāntaḥ)
mātaliḥ āyuṣmān ratham ārohatu /
(rājā rathārohaṇaṃ nāṭayati)
(niṣkrāntāḥ sarve)
Your wisdom only shall control
The kingdom for a time;
My bow is strung; a distant goal
Calls me, and tasks sublime.
Clown. Very well. (Exit.)
Matali. Enter the chariot. (The king does so. Exeunt omnes.)
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ṣaṣṭho 'ṅkaḥ /
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