The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.14a6
Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.14a6
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.14a6
rājā kiṃ nu khalu bāle 'sminn aurasa iva putre snihyati me manaḥ / nūnam anapatyatā māṃ vatsalayati /
King. Why should my heart go out to this boy as if he were my own son? (He reflects.) No doubt my childless state makes me sentimental.
Translations (2)
- Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring — Sir William Jones 1789, English