The Gandharva Marriage of Dushyanta and Shakuntala

Verse 1 (1.94.1)

सुव्यक्तं राजपुत्री त्वं यथा कल्याणि भाषसे । भार्या मे भव सुश्रोणि ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥

suvyaktaṃ rājaputrī tvaṃ yathā kalyāṇi bhāṣase | bhāryā me bhava suśroṇi brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te

It is plain, fair lady, from the way you speak, that you are a king's daughter. Be my wife, shapely one. Tell me, what may I do for you?

Verse 2 (1.94.2)

सुवर्णमालां वासांसि कुण्डले परिहाटके । नानापत्तनजे शुभ्रे मणिरत्ने च शोभने ॥

suvarṇamālāṃ vāsāṃsi kuṇḍale parihāṭake | nānāpattanaje śubhre maṇiratne ca śobhane

Garlands of gold, garments, a pair of earrings of fine gold, bright gems and lovely jewels made in many cities,

Verse 3 (1.94.3)

आहरामि तवाद्याहं निष्कादीन्यजिनानि च । सर्वं राज्यं तवाद्यास्तु भार्या मे भव शोभने ॥

āharāmi tavādyāhaṃ niṣkādīnyajināni ca | sarvaṃ rājyaṃ tavādyāstu bhāryā me bhava śobhane

gold coins and other treasures, and fine skins: all these I will bring you this very day. Let my whole kingdom be yours today. Be my wife, lovely one.

Verse 4 (1.94.4)

गान्धर्वेण च मां भीरु विवाहेनैहि सुन्दरि । विवाहानां हि रम्भोरु गान्धर्वः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते ॥

gāndharveṇa ca māṃ bhīru vivāhenaihi sundari | vivāhānāṃ hi rambhoru gāndharvaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate

Come to me, timid one, beautiful one, by the Gandharva form of marriage; for of all the forms of marriage, fair-thighed lady, the Gandharva is called the best.

Verse 5 (1.94.5)

फलाहारो गतो राजन्पिता मे इत आश्रमात् । मुहूर्तं संप्रतीक्षस्व स मां तुभ्यं प्रदास्यति ॥

phalāhāro gato rājanpitā me ita āśramāt | muhūrtaṃ saṃpratīkṣasva sa māṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyati

My father has gone out of this hermitage to gather fruit, O king. Wait a little while; he will give me to you.

Verse 6 (1.94.6)

पिता हि मे प्रभुर्नित्यं दैवतं परमं मम । यस्मै मां दास्यति पिता स मे भर्ता भविष्यति ॥

pitā hi me prabhurnityaṃ daivataṃ paramaṃ mama | yasmai māṃ dāsyati pitā sa me bhartā bhaviṣyati

My father is always my master and my highest deity. The man to whom my father gives me will be my husband.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) at the start. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 7 (1.94.7)

पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने । पुत्रस्तु स्थाविरे भावे न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥

pitā rakṣati kaumāre bhartā rakṣati yauvane | putrastu sthāvire bhāve na strī svātantryamarhati

A father protects a woman in her girlhood, a husband in her youth, and a son in her old age; a woman is not fit to be independent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 8 (1.94.8)

अमन्यमाना राजेन्द्र पितरं मे तपस्विनम् । अधर्मेण हि धर्मिष्ठ कथं वरमुपास्महे ॥

amanyamānā rājendra pitaraṃ me tapasvinam | adharmeṇa hi dharmiṣṭha kathaṃ varamupāsmahe

Lord of kings, most devoted to dharma, how could I disregard my ascetic father and take a husband against dharma?

Note on the text: Corrected समन्यमाना → अमन्यमाना (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form here, and the critical edition's apparatus reads amanyamānā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 9 (1.94.9)

मामैवं वद कल्याणि तपोराशिं दमात्मकम् ॥

māmaivaṃ vada kalyāṇi taporāśiṃ damātmakam

Do not, do not speak to me like this, fair lady, about that self-controlled sage, that store of austerity.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints दुष्यन्त उवाच before the first line of its v. 9 and शकुन्तलोवाच before the second, so the two half-lines are given here as separate one-line verses with their own speakers. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 10 (1.94.10)

मन्युप्रहरणा विप्रा न विप्राः शस्त्रपाणयः ॥

manyupraharaṇā viprā na viprāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ

Brahmins strike with their wrath; brahmins do not carry weapons in their hands.

Note on the text: Second half-line of Wikisource v. 9, which Wikisource gives to Shakuntala (see the previous verse). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 11 (1.94.11)

मन्युना घ्नन्ति ते शत्रून्वज्रेणेन्द्र इवासुरान् । अग्निर्दहति तेजोभिः सूर्यो दहति रश्मिभिः ॥

manyunā ghnanti te śatrūnvajreṇendra ivāsurān | agnirdahati tejobhiḥ sūryo dahati raśmibhiḥ

With their wrath they slay their enemies, as Indra slays the asuras with his thunderbolt. Fire burns with its heat, the sun burns with its rays,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 12 (1.94.12)

राजा दहति दण्डेन ब्राह्मणो मन्युना दहेत् । क्रोधिता मन्युना घ्नन्ति वज्रपाणिरिवासुरान् ॥

rājā dahati daṇḍena brāhmaṇo manyunā dahet | krodhitā manyunā ghnanti vajrapāṇirivāsurān

a king burns with his rod of punishment, and a brahmin burns with his wrath. When angered, they slay with their wrath, as the wielder of the thunderbolt slays the asuras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 13 (1.94.13)

जाने भद्रे महर्षिं तं तस्य मन्युर्न विद्यते । इच्छामि त्वां वरारोहे भजमानामनिन्दिते । त्वदर्थं मां स्थितं विद्धि त्वद्गतं हि मनो मम ॥

jāne bhadre maharṣiṃ taṃ tasya manyurna vidyate | icchāmi tvāṃ varārohe bhajamānāmanindite | tvadarthaṃ māṃ sthitaṃ viddhi tvadgataṃ hi mano mama

I know that great sage, gentle lady; there is no anger in him. I want you, lovely one, faultless one, to give yourself to me. Know that I stay here for your sake, for my heart has gone to you.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines are CE 1.67.6.

Verse 14 (1.94.14)

आत्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव गतिरात्मैव चात्मनः । आत्मनैवात्मनो दानं कर्तुमर्हसि धर्मतः ॥

ātmano bandhurātmaiva gatirātmaiva cātmanaḥ | ātmanaivātmano dānaṃ kartumarhasi dharmataḥ

The self is the self's own kinsman; the self alone is the self's refuge. By dharma you may give yourself away by your own act.

Verse 15 (1.94.15)

अष्टावेव समासेन विवाहा धर्मतः स्मृताः । ब्राह्मो दैवस्तथैवार्षः प्राजापत्यस्तथाऽऽसुरः ॥

aṣṭāveva samāsena vivāhā dharmataḥ smṛtāḥ | brāhmo daivastathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyastathā''suraḥ

In brief, eight forms of marriage are recognised by dharma: the Brahma, the Daiva, the Arsha, the Prajapatya and the Asura,

Verse 16 (1.94.16)

गान्धर्वो राक्षसश्चैव पैशाचश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः । तेषां धर्म्यान्यथापूर्वं मनुः स्वायंभुवोऽब्रवीत् ॥

gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva paiśācaścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ | teṣāṃ dharmyānyathāpūrvaṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt

the Gandharva, the Rakshasa, and the Paishacha, counted eighth. Svayambhuva Manu declared, in their order, which of them accord with dharma.

Verse 17 (1.94.17)

प्रशस्तांश्चतुरः पूर्वान्ब्राह्मणस्योपधारय । षडानुपूर्व्या क्षत्रस्य विद्धि धर्म्याननिन्दिते ॥

praśastāṃścaturaḥ pūrvānbrāhmaṇasyopadhāraya | ṣaḍānupūrvyā kṣatrasya viddhi dharmyānanindite

Understand that the first four are approved for a brahmin, and know, faultless one, that the first six in order are lawful for a kshatriya.

Verse 18 (1.94.18)

राज्ञां तु राक्षसोऽप्युक्तो विट्शूद्रेष्वासुरः स्मृतः । पञ्चानां तु त्रयो धर्म्या अधर्म्यौ द्वौ स्मृताविह ॥

rājñāṃ tu rākṣaso'pyukto viṭśūdreṣvāsuraḥ smṛtaḥ | pañcānāṃ tu trayo dharmyā adharmyau dvau smṛtāviha

For kings the Rakshasa form too is allowed, and the Asura is laid down for vaishyas and shudras. Of the five, three are lawful and two are held unlawful.

Verse 19 (1.94.19)

पैशाच आसुरश्चैव न कर्तव्यौ कदाचन । अनेन विधिना कार्यो धर्मस्यैषा गतिः स्मृता ॥

paiśāca āsuraścaiva na kartavyau kadācana | anena vidhinā kāryo dharmasyaiṣā gatiḥ smṛtā

The Paishacha and the Asura must never be practised. Marriage should be made according to this rule; such is the way of dharma.

Verse 20 (1.94.20)

गान्धर्वराक्षसौ क्षत्रे धर्म्यौ तौ मा विशङ्किथाः । पृथग्वा यदि वा मिश्रौ कर्तव्यौ नात्र संशयः ॥

gāndharvarākṣasau kṣatre dharmyau tau mā viśaṅkithāḥ | pṛthagvā yadi vā miśrau kartavyau nātra saṃśayaḥ

For a kshatriya the Gandharva and the Rakshasa are both lawful; have no misgivings about it. They may be practised separately or combined; there is no doubt of this.

Verse 21 (1.94.21)

सा त्वं मम सकामस्य सकामा वरवर्णिनी । गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन भार्या भवितुमर्हसि ॥

sā tvaṃ mama sakāmasya sakāmā varavarṇinī | gāndharveṇa vivāhena bhāryā bhavitumarhasi

So you, fair-complexioned lady, desiring me as I desire you, should become my wife by the Gandharva form of marriage.

Verse 22 (1.94.22)

यदि धर्मपथस्त्वेव यदि चात्मा प्रभुर्मम । प्रदाने पौरवश्रेष्ठ शृणु मे समयं प्रभो ॥

yadi dharmapathastveva yadi cātmā prabhurmama | pradāne pauravaśreṣṭha śṛṇu me samayaṃ prabho

If this is indeed the path of dharma, and if I am my own master in giving myself away, then hear my condition, best of the Pauravas, my lord.

Verse 23 (1.94.23)

सत्यं मे प्रतिजानीहि यथा वक्ष्याम्यहं रहः । मयि जायेत यः पुत्रः स भवेत्त्वदनन्तरः ॥

satyaṃ me pratijānīhi yathā vakṣyāmyahaṃ rahaḥ | mayi jāyeta yaḥ putraḥ sa bhavettvadanantaraḥ

Promise me truly what I shall tell you in private: the son who is born to me shall succeed you

Verse 24 (1.94.24)

युवराजो महाराज सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते । यद्येतदेवं दुष्यन्त अस्तु मे सङ्गमस्त्वया ॥

yuvarājo mahārāja satyametadbravīmi te | yadyetadevaṃ duṣyanta astu me saṅgamastvayā

as crown prince, great king. I tell you this truly. If it is to be so, Dushyanta, then let our union take place.

Verse 25 (1.94.25)

तस्यास्तु सर्वं संश्रुत्य यथोक्तं स विशांपतिः । दुष्यन्तः पुनरेवाह यद्यदिच्छसि तद्वद ॥

tasyāstu sarvaṃ saṃśrutya yathoktaṃ sa viśāṃpatiḥ | duṣyantaḥ punarevāha yadyadicchasi tadvada

Having heard everything she said, just as she had said it, Dushyanta, lord of the people, spoke again: "Tell me whatever else you wish."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) at the start. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 26 (1.94.26)

ख्यातो लोकप्रवादोऽयं विवाह इति शास्त्रतः । वैवाहिकीं क्रियां सन्तः प्रशंसन्ति प्रजाहिताम् ॥

khyāto lokapravādo'yaṃ vivāha iti śāstrataḥ | vaivāhikīṃ kriyāṃ santaḥ praśaṃsanti prajāhitām

It is a well-known saying among people that marriage is what the scriptures ordain. The good praise the marriage rite, for it brings good to the offspring.

Note on the text: Corrected लोकप्रवादोयं → लोकप्रवादोऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, cf. the apparatus lokapravādo 'yaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 27 (1.94.27)

लोकप्रवादशान्त्यर्थं विवाहं विधिना कुरु । सन्त्यत्र यज्ञपात्राणि दर्भाः सुमनसोऽक्षताः ॥

lokapravādaśāntyarthaṃ vivāhaṃ vidhinā kuru | santyatra yajñapātrāṇi darbhāḥ sumanaso'kṣatāḥ

To quiet what people will say, perform the marriage by the proper rite. Here there are sacrificial vessels, darbha grass, flowers and unbroken grain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 28 (1.94.28)

यथा युक्तो विवाहः स्यात्तथा युक्ता प्रजा भवेत् । तस्मादाज्यं हविर्लाजाः सिकता ब्राह्मणास्तव ॥

yathā yukto vivāhaḥ syāttathā yuktā prajā bhavet | tasmādājyaṃ havirlājāḥ sikatā brāhmaṇāstava

As the marriage is rightly performed, so will the offspring turn out right. Therefore there are ghee, oblations, parched grain, sand and brahmins for you,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 29 (1.94.29)

वैवाहिकानि चान्यानि समस्तानीह पार्थिव । दुरुक्तमपि राजेन्द्र क्षन्तव्यं धर्मकारणात् ॥

vaivāhikāni cānyāni samastānīha pārthiva | duruktamapi rājendra kṣantavyaṃ dharmakāraṇāt

and all the other things needed for a wedding are here, O king. Lord of kings, forgive me even if I have spoken amiss; I spoke for the sake of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 30 (1.94.30)

एवमस्त्विति तां राजा प्रत्युवाचाविचारयन् । अपि च त्वां हि नेष्यामि नगरं स्वं शुचिस्मिते ॥

evamastviti tāṃ rājā pratyuvācāvicārayan | api ca tvāṃ hi neṣyāmi nagaraṃ svaṃ śucismite

"So be it," the king answered her without hesitating. "What is more, bright-smiling one, I will take you to my own city,

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच (with stray wiki marks), which the extraction had taken into the verse text. The verse is CE 1.67.18ac.

Verse 31 (1.94.31)

यथा त्वमर्हा सुश्रोणि मन्यसे तद्ब्रवीमि ते । एवमुक्त्वा स राजर्षिस्तामनिन्दितगामिनीम् ॥

yathā tvamarhā suśroṇi manyase tadbravīmi te | evamuktvā sa rājarṣistāmaninditagāminīm

as you deserve, shapely one, and as you yourself think fit; this I promise you." Having said this to the lady of faultless gait, the royal sage

Note on the text: The first line is the last line of CE 1.67.18 (Wikisource मन्यसे तद्ब्रवीमि ते for satyam etad bravīmi te); the second line is CE 1.67.19a.

Verse 32 (1.94.32)

पुरोहितं समाहूय वचनं युक्तमब्रवीत् । राजपुत्र्या यदुक्तं वै न वृथा कर्तुमुत्सहे ॥

purohitaṃ samāhūya vacanaṃ yuktamabravīt | rājaputryā yaduktaṃ vai na vṛthā kartumutsahe

summoned his family priest and spoke fitting words to him: "I will not let what the princess has asked go for nothing.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) at the start. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 33 (1.94.33)

क्रियाहीनो हि न भवेन्मम पुत्रो महाद्युतिः । तथा कुरुष्व शास्त्रोक्तं विवाहं मा चिरंकुरु ॥

kriyāhīno hi na bhavenmama putro mahādyutiḥ | tathā kuruṣva śāstroktaṃ vivāhaṃ mā ciraṃkuru

My son, who will be of great splendour, must not be without the proper rites. So perform the marriage as the scriptures prescribe, and do not delay."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 34 (1.94.34)

एवमुक्तो नृपतिना द्विजः परमयन्त्रितः । शोभनं राजराजेति विधिना कृतवान्द्विजः ॥

evamukto nṛpatinā dvijaḥ paramayantritaḥ | śobhanaṃ rājarājeti vidhinā kṛtavāndvijaḥ

So addressed by the king, the brahmin, with the utmost care, said "Excellent, king of kings!" and performed the rite according to rule.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 35 (1.94.35)

शासनाद्विप्रमुख्यस्य कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः । जग्राह विधिवत्पाणावुवास च तया सह ॥

śāsanādvipramukhyasya kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ | jagrāha vidhivatpāṇāvuvāsa ca tayā saha

At the direction of the chief brahmin the king had the wedding thread tied and the auspicious rites performed; he took her hand according to rule, and stayed with her.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is CE 1.67.19c.

Verse 36 (1.94.36)

विश्वास्य चैनां स प्रायादब्रवीच्च पुनः पुनः । प्रेषयिष्ये तवार्थाय वाहिनीं चतुरङ्गिणीम् ॥

viśvāsya caināṃ sa prāyādabravīcca punaḥ punaḥ | preṣayiṣye tavārthāya vāhinīṃ caturaṅgiṇīm

Having reassured her, he set out, telling her again and again: "For your sake I will send an army of all four divisions,

Verse 37 (1.94.37)

त्रैविद्यवृद्धैः सहितां नानाराजजनैः सह । शिबिकासहस्रैः सहिता वनमायान्ति बान्धवाः ॥

traividyavṛddhaiḥ sahitāṃ nānārājajanaiḥ saha | śibikāsahasraiḥ sahitā vanamāyānti bāndhavāḥ

together with elders learned in the three Vedas and people of many royal houses. Our kinsmen will come to the forest with thousands of palanquins.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) at the start. Corrected वयमायान्ति → वनमायान्ति (misprint in Wikisource; वयम् does not agree with आयान्ति, and the critical edition's apparatus reads vanam āyānti). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 38 (1.94.38)

मूकाश्चैव किराताश्च कुब्जा वामनकैः सह । सहिताः कञ्चुकिवरैर्वाहिनी सूतमागधैः ॥

mūkāścaiva kirātāśca kubjā vāmanakaiḥ saha | sahitāḥ kañcukivarairvāhinī sūtamāgadhaiḥ

Mutes and Kiratas, hunchbacks and dwarfs, together with the best of the chamberlains, with bards and panegyrists, the procession

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 39 (1.94.39)

शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैर्वनं च समुपैष्यति । तथा त्वामानयिष्यामि नगरं स्वं शुचिस्मिते ॥

śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣairvanaṃ ca samupaiṣyati | tathā tvāmānayiṣyāmi nagaraṃ svaṃ śucismite

will come to the forest to the sound of conches and drums. In that way, bright-smiling one, I will bring you to my own city.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to CE 1.67.20e (Wikisource तथा … नगरं for tayā … nivāsaṃ).

Verse 40 (1.94.40)

अन्यथा त्वां न नेष्यामि स्वनिवेशमसत्कृताम् । सर्वमङ्गलसत्कारैः सुभ्रु सत्यं करोमि ते ॥

anyathā tvāṃ na neṣyāmi svaniveśamasatkṛtām | sarvamaṅgalasatkāraiḥ subhru satyaṃ karomi te

Otherwise I will not take you to my home, without due honour. With every auspicious rite and honour I will make this true for you, fair-browed one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 41 (1.94.41)

एवमुक्त्वा स राजर्षिस्तामनिन्दितगामिनीम् । परिष्वज्य च बाहुभ्यां स्मितपूर्वमुदैक्षत ॥

evamuktvā sa rājarṣistāmaninditagāminīm | pariṣvajya ca bāhubhyāṃ smitapūrvamudaikṣata

Having said this, the royal sage took the lady of faultless gait in his arms and gazed at her with a smile.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 42 (1.94.42)

प्रदक्षिणीकृतां देवीं पुनस्तां परिषस्वजे । शकुन्तला सा सुमुखी पपात नृपपादयोः ॥

pradakṣiṇīkṛtāṃ devīṃ punastāṃ pariṣasvaje | śakuntalā sā sumukhī papāta nṛpapādayoḥ

When she had walked around him reverently, he embraced the lady again; and the fair-faced Shakuntala fell at the king's feet.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 43 (1.94.43)

तां देवीं पुनरुत्थाप्य मा शुचेति पुनः पुनः । शपेयं सुकृतेनैव प्रापयिष्ये नृपात्मजे ॥

tāṃ devīṃ punarutthāpya mā śuceti punaḥ punaḥ | śapeyaṃ sukṛtenaiva prāpayiṣye nṛpātmaje

Raising the lady up again, he said to her again and again, "Do not grieve. I swear by my good deeds, princess: I will bring you there."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।') at the end. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 44 (1.94.44)

इति तस्याः प्रतिश्रुत्य स नृपो जनमेजय । मनसा चिन्तयन्प्रायात्काश्यपं प्रति पार्थिव ॥

iti tasyāḥ pratiśrutya sa nṛpo janamejaya | manasā cintayanprāyātkāśyapaṃ prati pārthiva

Having made her this promise, Janamejaya, the king set out, his mind dwelling on Kashyapa, O lord of the earth:

Verse 45 (1.94.45)

भगवांस्तपसा युक्तः श्रुत्वा किं नु करिष्यति । तं न प्रसाद्यागतोऽहं प्रसीदेति द्विजोत्तमम् । एवं संचिन्तयन्नेव प्रविवेश स्वकं पुरम् ॥

bhagavāṃstapasā yuktaḥ śrutvā kiṃ nu kariṣyati | taṃ na prasādyāgato'haṃ prasīdeti dvijottamam | evaṃ saṃcintayanneva praviveśa svakaṃ puram

"What will the blessed one, rich in austerity, do when he hears of this? I have come away without winning the favour of that best of brahmins, without saying to him, 'Be gracious.'" Still thinking this, he entered his own city.

Note on the text: The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (1.94.46)

ततो मुहूर्ते याते तु कण्वोऽप्याश्रममागमत् । शकुन्तला च पितरं ह्रिया नोपजगाम तम् ॥

tato muhūrte yāte tu kaṇvo'pyāśramamāgamat | śakuntalā ca pitaraṃ hriyā nopajagāma tam

A short while later Kanva too came back to the hermitage, but Shakuntala was too ashamed to go to her father.

Verse 47 (1.94.47)

शङ्कितेव च विप्रर्षिमुपचक्राम सा शनैः । ततोऽस्य भारं जग्राह आसनं चाप्यकल्पयत् ॥

śaṅkiteva ca viprarṣimupacakrāma sā śanaiḥ | tato'sya bhāraṃ jagrāha āsanaṃ cāpyakalpayat

Then, as if afraid, she slowly approached the brahmin seer, took his load from him and set out a seat for him.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) at the start. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 48 (1.94.48)

प्राक्षालयच्च सा पादौ काश्यपस्य महात्मनः । न चैनं लज्जयाऽशक्नोदक्षिभ्यामभिवीक्षितुम् ॥

prākṣālayacca sā pādau kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ | na cainaṃ lajjayā'śaknodakṣibhyāmabhivīkṣitum

She washed the feet of the great-souled Kashyapa, but in her shame she could not raise her eyes to look at him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 49 (1.94.49)

शकुन्तला च सव्रीडा तमृषिं नाभ्यभाषत । तस्मात्स्वधर्मात्स्खलिता भीता सा भरतर्षभ ॥

śakuntalā ca savrīḍā tamṛṣiṃ nābhyabhāṣata | tasmātsvadharmātskhalitā bhītā sā bharatarṣabha

Full of shame, Shakuntala did not speak to the sage. She had slipped from her own dharma and was afraid, O bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 50 (1.94.50)

अभवद्दोषदर्शित्वाद्ब्रह्मचारिण्ययन्त्रिता । स तदा व्रीडितां दृष्ट्वा ऋषिस्तां प्रत्यभाषत ॥

abhavaddoṣadarśitvādbrahmacāriṇyayantritā | sa tadā vrīḍitāṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣistāṃ pratyabhāṣata

for she, a maiden under a vow of chastity, had acted without restraint, and she saw her fault. Seeing her abashed, the sage then spoke to her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 51 (1.94.51)

सव्रीडैव च दीर्घायुः पुरेव भविता न च । वृत्तं कथय रम्भोरु मा त्रासं च प्रकल्पय ॥

savrīḍaiva ca dīrghāyuḥ pureva bhavitā na ca | vṛttaṃ kathaya rambhoru mā trāsaṃ ca prakalpaya

Why so bashful, my long-lived child? You are not as you were before. Tell me what has happened, fair-thighed one, and do not be afraid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 52 (1.94.52)

ततः प्रक्षाल्य पादौ सा विश्रान्तं पुनरब्रवीत् । निधाय कामं तस्यर्षेः कन्दानि च फलानि च ॥

tataḥ prakṣālya pādau sā viśrāntaṃ punarabravīt | nidhāya kāmaṃ tasyarṣeḥ kandāni ca phalāni ca

Then, having washed his feet and put away, as he wished, the roots and fruits the sage had brought, she spoke to him again as he rested.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition as placed here: this is the vulgate wording the critical edition gives in its apparatus (Appendix I No. 45); its text has a similar verse later, at 1.67.30, which the automatic alignment matched (similarity 0.72).

Verse 53 (1.94.53)

ततः संवाह्य पादौ सा विश्रान्तं वेदिमध्यमा । शकुन्तला पौरवाणां दुष्यन्तं जग्मुषी पतिम् ॥

tataḥ saṃvāhya pādau sā viśrāntaṃ vedimadhyamā | śakuntalā pauravāṇāṃ duṣyantaṃ jagmuṣī patim

Having then massaged the feet of the resting sage, the slender-waisted Shakuntala, who had taken Dushyanta of the Pauravas as her husband,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 54 (1.94.54)

ततः कृच्छ्रादतिशुभा सव्रीडा श्रीमती तदा । सगद्गदमुवाचेदं काश्यपं सा शुचिस्मिता ॥

tataḥ kṛcchrādatiśubhā savrīḍā śrīmatī tadā | sagadgadamuvācedaṃ kāśyapaṃ sā śucismitā

very lovely, graceful and abashed, the bright-smiling girl spoke these words to Kashyapa with difficulty, in a faltering voice:

Note on the text: Corrected श्रमती → श्रीमती (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, and the critical edition's apparatus reads śrīmatī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 55 (1.94.55)

राजा ताताजगामेह दुष्यन्त इलिलात्मजः । मया पतिर्वृतो योऽसौ दैवयोगादिहागतः ॥

rājā tātājagāmeha duṣyanta ililātmajaḥ | mayā patirvṛto yo'sau daivayogādihāgataḥ

Father, King Dushyanta, son of Ilila, came here. He came here by a turn of fate, and I have chosen him as my husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 56 (1.94.56)

तस्य तात प्रसीद त्वं भर्ता मे सुमहायशाः । अतः सर्वं तु यद्वृत्तं दिव्यज्ञानेन पश्यसि ॥

tasya tāta prasīda tvaṃ bhartā me sumahāyaśāḥ | ataḥ sarvaṃ tu yadvṛttaṃ divyajñānena paśyasi

Be gracious to him, father; he is my husband, a man of great renown. All that has happened you can see by your divine knowledge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 57 (1.94.57)

अभयं क्षत्रियकुले प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

abhayaṃ kṣatriyakule prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

Please be gracious, and grant that kshatriya house freedom from fear.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines of its v. 56, so the first line (the end of Shakuntala's plea) and the second (narration) are given as separate one-line verses. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus, Appendix I No. 45).

Verse 58 (1.94.58)

चक्षुषा स तु दिव्येन सर्वं विज्ञाय काश्यपः ॥

cakṣuṣā sa tu divyena sarvaṃ vijñāya kāśyapaḥ

Kashyapa, knowing everything by his divine sight,

Note on the text: Second half-line of Wikisource v. 56, after the speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच (see the previous verse). It is a variant of CE 1.67.24a (vijñāyātha ca tāṃ kaṇvo divyajñāno mahātapāḥ).

Verse 59 (1.94.59)

ततो धर्मिष्ठतां मत्वा धर्मे चास्खलितं मनः । उवाच भगवान्प्रीतस्तद्वृत्तं सुमहातपाः ॥

tato dharmiṣṭhatāṃ matvā dharme cāskhalitaṃ manaḥ | uvāca bhagavānprītastadvṛttaṃ sumahātapāḥ

and judging her devoted to dharma, her mind not straying from dharma, the blessed one of great austerity was pleased and spoke about what had happened.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second is a variant of CE 1.67.24c.

Verse 60 (1.94.60)

एवमेतन्मया ज्ञातं दृष्टं दिव्येन चक्षुषा । त्वयाऽद्य राजान्वयया मामनादृत्य यत्कृतम् ॥

evametanmayā jñātaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā | tvayā'dya rājānvayayā māmanādṛtya yatkṛtam

I know this already; I have seen it with my divine sight: what you, a girl of royal descent, have done today without waiting for me.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') at the end. The first line is close to the vulgate passage the critical edition gives in its apparatus (with 1.67.24c); the second line is CE 1.67.25a.

Verse 61 (1.94.61)

पुंसा सह समायोगो न स धर्मोपघातकः । न भयं विद्यते भद्रे मा शुचः सुकृतं कृतम् ॥

puṃsā saha samāyogo na sa dharmopaghātakaḥ | na bhayaṃ vidyate bhadre mā śucaḥ sukṛtaṃ kṛtam

Union with a man is no breach of dharma. There is nothing to fear, gentle one; do not grieve. What you have done is well done.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.67.25c; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 62 (1.94.62)

क्षत्रियस्य तु गान्धर्वो विवाहः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते । सकामायाः सकामेन निर्मन्त्रः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते ॥

kṣatriyasya tu gāndharvo vivāhaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate | sakāmāyāḥ sakāmena nirmantraḥ śreṣṭha ucyate

For a kshatriya the Gandharva marriage is said to be the best: the union without mantras of a woman who desires and a man who desires her is called the best.

Note on the text: Corrected निमन्त्रः → निर्मन्त्रः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped repha, and the critical edition reads nirmantro). The rest of the second line differs from the critical edition (rahasi smṛtaḥ).

Verse 63 (1.94.63)

किं पुनर्विधिवत्कृत्वा सुप्रजस्त्वमवाप्स्यसि । धर्मात्मा च महात्मा च दुष्यन्तः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥

kiṃ punarvidhivatkṛtvā suprajastvamavāpsyasi | dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca duṣyantaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

How much more so when it has been done with the proper rites! You will be blessed with fine offspring. Dushyanta is righteous and great-souled, the best of men,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the first line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is CE 1.67.27a.

Verse 64 (1.94.64)

अभ्यागच्छत्पतिर्यस्त्वां भजमानां शकुन्तले । महात्मा जनिता लोके पुत्रस्तव महायशाः ॥

abhyāgacchatpatiryastvāṃ bhajamānāṃ śakuntale | mahātmā janitā loke putrastava mahāyaśāḥ

the husband who came to you, Shakuntala, as you gave yourself to him. A great-souled son of great renown will be born to you in the world,

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.67.27c; the second line is CE 1.67.28a (Wikisource महायशाः for mahābalaḥ).

Verse 65 (1.94.65)

स च सर्वां समुद्रान्तां कृत्स्नां भोक्ष्यति मेदिनीम् । परं चाभिप्रयातस्य चक्रं तस्य महात्मनः ॥

sa ca sarvāṃ samudrāntāṃ kṛtsnāṃ bhokṣyati medinīm | paraṃ cābhiprayātasya cakraṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ

and he will rule the whole earth to the ocean's edge. When that great-souled one marches against his foes, the wheel of his chariot

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.67.28c; the second line is CE 1.67.29a.

Verse 66 (1.94.66)

भविष्यत्यप्रतिहतं सततं चक्रवर्तिनः । प्रसन्न एव तस्याहं त्वत्कृते वरवर्णिनि ॥

bhaviṣyatyapratihataṃ satataṃ cakravartinaḥ | prasanna eva tasyāhaṃ tvatkṛte varavarṇini

will always roll on unchecked, for he will be a universal sovereign. For your sake, fair-complexioned one, I am well pleased with him.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वकृते → त्वत्कृते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, and the critical edition reads tvatkṛte). The first line is CE 1.67.29c; the second line is CE 1.67.32a.

Verse 67 (1.94.67)

ऋतवो बहवस्ते वै गता व्यर्थाः शुचिस्मिते । सार्थकं सांप्रतं ह्येतन्न च पाप्मास्ति तेऽनघे । गृहाण च वरं मत्तस्तत्कृते यदभीप्सितम् ॥

ṛtavo bahavaste vai gatā vyarthāḥ śucismite | sārthakaṃ sāṃprataṃ hyetanna ca pāpmāsti te'naghe | gṛhāṇa ca varaṃ mattastatkṛte yadabhīpsitam

Many of your seasons have gone by in vain, bright-smiling one; now this has borne fruit, and there is no sin in you, faultless one. Take a boon from me, whatever you desire on his behalf.

Note on the text: The first two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the third line is CE 1.67.32c.

Verse 68 (1.94.68)

मया पतिर्वृतो योऽसौ दुष्यन्तः पुरुषोत्तमः । मम चैव पतिर्दृष्टो देवतानां समक्षतः । तस्मै ससचिवाय त्वं प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

mayā patirvṛto yo'sau duṣyantaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | mama caiva patirdṛṣṭo devatānāṃ samakṣataḥ | tasmai sasacivāya tvaṃ prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

Dushyanta, the best of men, whom I have chosen as my husband, has been seen as my husband in the presence of the gods as well. Be gracious to him and to his ministers.

Note on the text: The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 69 (1.94.69)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा मनसा प्रणिधाय मनस्विनी । ततो धर्मिष्ठतां वव्रे राज्ये चास्खलनं तथा ॥

ityevamuktvā manasā praṇidhāya manasvinī | tato dharmiṣṭhatāṃ vavre rājye cāskhalanaṃ tathā

Having said this, the high-minded girl fixed her mind on it and then chose, as her boon, constancy in dharma and that they should never fall from their kingdom

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is CE 1.67.33a (Wikisource राज्ये for rājyāc).

Verse 70 (1.94.70)

शकुन्तला पौरवाणां दुष्यन्तहितकाम्यया । एवमस्त्विति तां प्राह कण्वो धर्मभृतां वरः ॥

śakuntalā pauravāṇāṃ duṣyantahitakāmyayā | evamastviti tāṃ prāha kaṇvo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

the Pauravas: so Shakuntala asked, wishing Dushyanta well. "So be it," said Kanva, best of those who uphold dharma,

Note on the text: Corrected शकुन्तलां → शकुन्तला (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative has no construction here, and the critical edition reads śakuntalā). Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is CE 1.67.33c.

Verse 71 (1.94.71)

पस्पर्श चापि पाणिभ्यां सुतां श्रीमिवरूपिणीम् ॥

pasparśa cāpi pāṇibhyāṃ sutāṃ śrīmivarūpiṇīm

and he touched with his hands his daughter, who was like the goddess Shri in bodily form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 72 (1.94.72)

अद्यप्रभृति देवी त्वं दुष्यन्तस्य महात्मनः । पतिव्रतानां या वृत्तिस्तां वृत्तिमनुपालय ॥

adyaprabhṛti devī tvaṃ duṣyantasya mahātmanaḥ | pativratānāṃ yā vṛttistāṃ vṛttimanupālaya

From this day on you are the queen of the great-souled Dushyanta. Keep to the conduct of women devoted to their husbands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).

Verse 73 (1.94.73)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा धर्मात्मा तां विशुद्ध्यर्थमस्पृशत् । स्पृष्टमात्रे शरीरे तु परं हर्षमवाप सा ॥

ityevamuktvā dharmātmā tāṃ viśuddhyarthamaspṛśat | spṛṣṭamātre śarīre tu paraṃ harṣamavāpa sā

Having said this, the righteous sage touched her to purify her, and at the mere touch upon her body she felt the greatest joy.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।') at the end. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in its apparatus).