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The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20

Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.20

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Sanskrit

7.20

bhavaneṣu rasādhikeṣu pūrvaṃ kṣitirakṣārtham uśanti ye nivāsam /
niyataikavratāni paścāt tarumūlāni gṛhībhavanti teṣām //

In glittering palaces they dwell
While men, and rule the country well;
Then make the grove their home in age,
And die in austere hermitage.

Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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