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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.34

Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.34)

tava bhavatu viḍaujāḥ prājyavṛṣṭiḥ prajāsu  
tvam api vitatayajño vajriṇaṃ prīṇayasva /  
yugaśataparivartān evam anyonyakṛtyair  
nayatam ubhayalokānugrahaślāghanīyaiḥ //  
rājā bhagavan yathāśakti śreyase yatiṣye /

> May Indra send abundant rain,  
> Repaid by sacrificial gain;  
> With aid long mutually given,  
> Rule you on earth, and he in heaven.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King. Holy one, I will do my best.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.181) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p164) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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