The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.150

Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) 6.150

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6.150

Clown (observing closely). I think it is this one, leaning against the creeper which she has just sprinkled. Her face is hot and the flowers are dropping from her hair; for the ribbon is loosened. Her arms droop like weary branches; she has loosened her girdle, and she seems a little fatigued. This, I think, is the lady Shakuntala, the others are her friends.

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Abhijñānaśākuntala — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit