[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Udayana and other classical court plays](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana) › [Mitabhashini](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini) › 1.23 # Mitabhashini 1.23 Mitabhāṣiṇī 1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.1.23) śakuntalā-ṇa eso dhiṭṭho viramadi| aṇṇado gamissaṃ \[na eṣa dhṛṣṭo viramati| anyato gamiṣyāmi\]| (padāntare sthitvā sadṛṣṭikṣepam) kahaṃ ido vi āacchadi| halā parittāaha maṃ imiṇā duvviṇodeṇa mahuareṇa ahihūbvamāṇaṃ \[katham ito'pi āgacchati| halā paritrāyethā mām anena durvinītena madhukareṇa abhibhūyamānām\] ubhe ( sasmitam )—kā vaaṃ parittāduṃ | dusmandaṃ akkanda rāarakkhidavvāiṃ tavovaṇāiṃ ṇāma \[kā vaya paritrātum| duṣyantamākranda | rājarakṣitavyāni tapovanāni nāma | \] rājā—avasaro'yamātmānaṃ prakāśayitum | na bhetavyam— ( arddhokte svagatam ) rājabhāvastvabhijñāto bhavet | bhavatu eva' tāvadabhidhāsye— śakuntalā ( padāntare sthitvā, sadṛṣṭikṣepam )—kahaṃ ido vi maṃ aṇusaradi \[ kathamito'pi māmanusarati | \] rājā ( śakuntalābhimukho bhūtvā )-api tapo varddhate ? (śakuntalā sādhvasādavacanā tiṣṭhati )anasūyā-dāṇiṃ adidhivisesalāheṇa | halā saundale. gaccha uḍacaṃ phalamissraṃ agghaṃ uvahara | idaṃ pādodakaṃ bhavissadi | ( idānīm atithiviśeṣalābhena | halā śakuntale, gaccha uṭajam, phalamiśram arghamupahara | idaṃ pādodaka bhaviṣyati ) rājā-bhavatīnāṃ sūnṛtayaiva girā kṛtamātithyam priyaṃvadā—teṇa hi imassiṃ pacchāasīśralāe mattavaṇṇavediāe muhuttaaṃ upavisitra parissamaviṇodaṃ karedu ajjo \[ tena hi asyāṃ pracchāyaśītalāyāṃ saptaparṇavedikāyāṃ muhūrttakamupaviśya pariśramavinodaṃ karotu āryyaḥ \] rājā—nūnaṃ yūyamapyanena karmaṇā pariśrāntāḥ anasūyā—halā saundale, udadaṃ ṇo pajjuvāsaṇaṃ adihīṇaṃ ehi ubavimamha \[ halā śakuntale, ucitaṃ naḥ paryupāsanamatithīnām | ehi upaviśāmaḥ \] | (sarve upaviśanti) anasūyā—sahi, mama vi atthi kodūhalaṃ | pucchissaṃ dāva ṇaṃ \[ sakhi mamāpi asti kautūhalam | prakṣyāmi tāvadenam \] (prakāśam ) ajjassa mahurālāpajaṇido vīsambho maṃ maṃttāvedi kadamo ajjeṇa rāesivaṃso alaṅkarīyadi kadamo vā virahapajjūsaajaṇo kido deso, kiṃ nimittaṃ vā suumāradaro vi tavovaṇaparimsamassa attā padaṃ uvaṇīdo \[ āryasya madhurālāpajanito viśrambhaḥ māṃ mantrayate | katamaḥ āryeṇa rājarṣivaṃśaḥ alaṅkriyate katamo vā virahaparyutsukajanaḥ kṛto deśaḥ | kiṃ nimittaṃ vā sukumārataro'pi tapovanapariśramasya ātmā padam upanītaḥ \] anasūyā—saṇāhmā dāṇiṃ dhammacāriṇo \[sanāthā idānīṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ\]| (śakuntalā śṛṅgāralajjā nāṭayati ) sakhyau—(ubhayorākāraṃ viditvā janāntikam) ..halā saundale jai ettha ajja tādo sannihido bhave (halā śakuntale yadi atra adya tātaḥ sannihito bhavet ) śakuntalā—tadā kiṃ bhave \[ tataḥ kiṃ bhavet \] sakhyau—imaṃ jīvidasavvasseṇa vi ahivisesaṃ kidatyaṃ karissadi \[ ima jīvitasarvasvenāpi atithiviśeṣaṃ kṛtārthaṃ kariṣyati \] anasūyā—suṇādu ajjo | atthi ko vi kosiotti gottaṇāmaheo mahāppahāvo rāesī \[ śṛṇotu āryaḥ | asti ko'pi kauśika iti gotranāmadheyaḥ mahāprabhāvo rājarṣiḥ \] rājā—asti śrūyate anasūyā—taṃ ṇo piasahīe pahavaṃ avagaccha | ujjhiāe sarīrasaṃvaḍḍhaṇādihiṃ tādakassao se pidā \[tam āvayo priyasakhyā, prabhavam avagaccha | ujjhitāyāḥ śarīrasaṃvardhanādibhiḥ tātakāśyapaḥ asyāḥ pitā \] rājā—ujjhitaśabdena janita me kautūhalam | ā mūlāt śrotumicchāmi rājā—parastādgamyata eva | sarvvathā apsaraḥsambhavaiṣā anasūyā—aha iṃ \[ atha kima \] rājā—upapadyate mānuṣīṣu kathaṃ vā syādasya rūpasya sambhavaḥ na prabhātaralaṃ jyotirudeti vasudhātalāt ### [1.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.1.23.p1) śakuntalā adhomukhī tiṣṭhati ## Linked texts (1) - [Devanāgarī recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.1.22a9_2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.1.23) · Pramāṇa