Shakuntala Before Dushyanta

Verse 1 (1.97.1)

गतान्मुनिगणान्दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं संगृह्य पाणिना । मातापितृभ्यां रहिता यथा शोचन्ति दारकाः ॥

gatānmunigaṇāndṛṣṭvā putraṃ saṃgṛhya pāṇinā | mātāpitṛbhyāṃ rahitā yathā śocanti dārakāḥ

When she saw the bands of sages gone, she took her son by the hand; as children grieve when parted from mother and father,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 2 (1.97.2)

तथा शोकपरीताङ्गी धृतिमालम्ब्य दुःखिता । गतेषु तेषु विप्रेषु राजमार्गेण भामिनी ॥

tathā śokaparītāṅgī dhṛtimālambya duḥkhitā | gateṣu teṣu vipreṣu rājamārgeṇa bhāminī

so she, overcome with sorrow and distressed, yet holding fast to her courage, the noble lady, once the brahmins had gone, along the royal road

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 3 (1.97.3)

पुत्रेणैव सहायेन सा जगाम शनैः शनैः । अदृष्टपूर्वान्पश्यन्वै राजमार्गेण पौरवः ॥

putreṇaiva sahāyena sā jagāma śanaiḥ śanaiḥ | adṛṣṭapūrvānpaśyanvai rājamārgeṇa pauravaḥ

walked slowly on, with her son as her only companion. And the Paurava, seeing along the royal road things he had never seen before,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 4 (1.97.4)

हर्म्यप्रासादचैत्यांश्च सभा दिव्या विचित्रिताः । कौतूहलसमाविष्टो दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमागतः ॥

harmyaprāsādacaityāṃśca sabhā divyā vicitritāḥ | kautūhalasamāviṣṭo dṛṣṭvā vismayamāgataḥ

mansions, palaces and shrines, and splendid, richly decorated halls, was filled with curiosity, and gazed in wonder.

Note on the text: Corrected हर्म्यप्रसाद → हर्म्यप्रासाद (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, as in the CE apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 5 (1.97.5)

सर्वे ब्रुवन्ति तां दृष्ट्वा पद्महीनामिव श्रियम् । गत्या च हंसीसदृशीं कोकिलेन स्वरे समाम् ॥

sarve bruvanti tāṃ dṛṣṭvā padmahīnāmiva śriyam | gatyā ca haṃsīsadṛśīṃ kokilena svare samām

All who saw her said she was like Shri without her lotus: like a swan in her gait, like the cuckoo in her voice,

Note on the text: Corrected संहीसदृशीं → हंसीसदृशीं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, "like a female swan", as in the CE apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 6 (1.97.6)

मुखेन चन्द्रसदृशीं श्रिया पद्मालयासमाम् । स्मितेन कुन्दसदृशीं पद्मगर्भसमत्वचम् ॥

mukhena candrasadṛśīṃ śriyā padmālayāsamām | smitena kundasadṛśīṃ padmagarbhasamatvacam

like the moon in her face, like the lotus-dwelling goddess in her beauty, like jasmine in her smile, with skin like the heart of a lotus,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 7 (1.97.7)

पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षीं तप्तजाम्बूनदप्रभाम् । करान्तमितमध्यैषा सुकेशी संहतस्तनी ॥

padmapatraviśālākṣīṃ taptajāmbūnadaprabhām | karāntamitamadhyaiṣā sukeśī saṃhatastanī

with large eyes like lotus petals, glowing like refined gold; "her waist could be spanned by a hand; her hair is lovely, her breasts full and close;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 8 (1.97.8)

जघनं सुविशालं वै ऊरू करिकरोपमौ । रक्ततुङ्गतलौ पादौ धरण्यां सुप्रतिष्ठितौ ॥

jaghanaṃ suviśālaṃ vai ūrū karikaropamau | raktatuṅgatalau pādau dharaṇyāṃ supratiṣṭhitau

her hips are broad, her thighs like an elephant's trunk, her feet with red, arched soles set firmly on the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 9 (1.97.9)

एवं रूपसमायुक्ता स्वर्गलोकादिवागता । इति स्म सर्वेऽमन्यन्त दुष्यन्तनगरे जनाः ॥

evaṃ rūpasamāyuktā svargalokādivāgatā | iti sma sarve'manyanta duṣyantanagare janāḥ

Endowed with such beauty, she seems to have come from the world of heaven" — so all the people in Dushyanta's city thought.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 10 (1.97.10)

पुनः पुनरवोचंस्ते शाकुन्तलगुणानपि । सिंहेक्षणः सिंहदंष्ट्रः सिंहस्कन्धो महाभुजः ॥

punaḥ punaravocaṃste śākuntalaguṇānapi | siṃhekṣaṇaḥ siṃhadaṃṣṭraḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ

Again and again they spoke too of the virtues of Shakuntala's son: "Lion-eyed, lion-fanged, lion-shouldered, mighty-armed,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 11 (1.97.11)

सिंहोरस्कः सिंहबलः सिंहविक्रान्तगाम्ययम् । पृथ्वंसः पृथुवक्षाश्च छत्राकारशिरा महान् ॥

siṃhoraskaḥ siṃhabalaḥ siṃhavikrāntagāmyayam | pṛthvaṃsaḥ pṛthuvakṣāśca chatrākāraśirā mahān

lion-chested, with a lion's strength, he walks with a lion's stride; broad-shouldered, broad-chested, his head shaped like a parasol, he is a great one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 12 (1.97.12)

पाणिपादतले रक्तो रक्तास्यो दुन्दुभिस्वनः । राजलक्षणयुक्तश्च राजश्रीश्चास्य लक्ष्यते ॥

pāṇipādatale rakto raktāsyo dundubhisvanaḥ | rājalakṣaṇayuktaśca rājaśrīścāsya lakṣyate

Red are the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet, red his mouth, his voice like a kettledrum; he bears the marks of a king, and royal splendour can be seen in him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 13 (1.97.13)

आकारेण च रूपेण शरीरेणापि तेजसा । दुष्यन्तेन समो ह्येष कस्य पुत्रो भविष्यति ॥

ākāreṇa ca rūpeṇa śarīreṇāpi tejasā | duṣyantena samo hyeṣa kasya putro bhaviṣyati

In bearing, in looks, in build and in radiance he is the equal of Dushyanta. Whose son can he be?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 14 (1.97.14)

एवं ब्रुवन्तस्ते सर्वे प्रशशंसुः सहस्रशः । युक्तिवादानवोचन्त सर्वाः प्राणभृतः स्त्रियः ॥

evaṃ bruvantaste sarve praśaśaṃsuḥ sahasraśaḥ | yuktivādānavocanta sarvāḥ prāṇabhṛtaḥ striyaḥ

Speaking thus, they all praised him by the thousand, and all the women, every living soul, voiced their reasoned guesses;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 15 (1.97.15)

बान्धवा इव सस्नेहा अनुजग्मुः शकुन्तलाम् । पौराणां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा तूष्णींभूता शकुन्तला ॥

bāndhavā iva sasnehā anujagmuḥ śakuntalām | paurāṇāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā tūṣṇīṃbhūtā śakuntalā

and, like kinsfolk full of affection, they followed Shakuntala. Hearing what the townspeople said, Shakuntala kept silent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 16 (1.97.16)

वेश्मद्वारं समासाद्य विह्वला सा नृपात्मजा । चिन्तयामास सहसा कार्यगौरवकारणात् ॥

veśmadvāraṃ samāsādya vihvalā sā nṛpātmajā | cintayāmāsa sahasā kāryagauravakāraṇāt

Reaching the door of the palace, the king's daughter was overcome, and suddenly began to brood over the weight of her errand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 17 (1.97.17)

लज्जया च परीताङ्गी राजन्राजसमक्षतः । अघृणा किं नु वक्ष्यामि दुष्यन्तं मम कारणात् ॥

lajjayā ca parītāṅgī rājanrājasamakṣataḥ | aghṛṇā kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi duṣyantaṃ mama kāraṇāt

Overcome with shame, O king, at facing the king, she thought: "Shameless as I am, what shall I say to Dushyanta on my own account?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.68.13).

Verse 18 (1.97.18)

एवमुक्त्वा तु कृपणा चिन्तयन्ती शकुन्तला । अभिसृत्य च राजानं वेदिता सा प्रवेशिता ॥

evamuktvā tu kṛpaṇā cintayantī śakuntalā | abhisṛtya ca rājānaṃ veditā sā praveśitā

Saying this to herself, the unhappy Shakuntala, still anxious, approached the king; she was announced and shown in,

Note on the text: Removed a stray danda and wiki quote mark (।') at the end of the first line. The first line is in the CE apparatus only (after 1.68.13); the second line = 1.68.14ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand; Wikisource वेदिता, CE viditā).

Verse 19 (1.97.19)

सह तेन कुमारेण तरुणादित्यवर्चसा । सिंहासनस्थं राजानं महेन्द्रसदृशद्युतिम् ॥

saha tena kumāreṇa taruṇādityavarcasā | siṃhāsanasthaṃ rājānaṃ mahendrasadṛśadyutim

together with the boy, who shone like the rising sun. Seeing the king seated on his throne, radiant as the great Indra,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line = 1.68.14cd of the critical edition with a small variant (aligned by hand); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (1.97.20)

शकुन्तला नतशिराः परं हर्षमवाप्य च । पूजयित्वा यथान्यायमब्रवीत्तं शकुन्तला ॥

śakuntalā nataśirāḥ paraṃ harṣamavāpya ca | pūjayitvā yathānyāyamabravīttaṃ śakuntalā

Shakuntala bowed her head, filled with great joy; and having honoured him as was proper, Shakuntala spoke to him.

Note on the text: Removed a stray danda and wiki quote mark (।') at the end of the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.68.15ab (aligned by hand).

Verse 21 (1.97.21)

अभिवादय राजानं पितरं ते दृढव्रतम् । एवमुक्त्वा सुतं तत्र लज्जानतमुखी स्थिता ॥

abhivādaya rājānaṃ pitaraṃ te dṛḍhavratam | evamuktvā sutaṃ tatra lajjānatamukhī sthitā

"Salute the king, your father, firm in his vows." Having said this to her son there, she stood with her face bowed in shame.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 22 (1.97.22)

स्तम्भमालिङ्ग्य राजानं प्रसीदस्वेत्युवाच सा । शाकुन्तलोपि राजानमभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ॥

stambhamāliṅgya rājānaṃ prasīdasvetyuvāca sā | śākuntalopi rājānamabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ

Clinging to a pillar, she said to the king, "Be gracious." Shakuntala's son too saluted the king with joined palms,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (1.97.23)

हर्षेणोत्फुल्लनयनो राजानं चान्ववैक्षत । दुष्यन्तो धर्मबुद्ध्या तु चिन्तयन्नेव सोब्रवीत् ॥

harṣeṇotphullanayano rājānaṃ cānvavaikṣata | duṣyanto dharmabuddhyā tu cintayanneva sobravīt

and gazed at the king with eyes wide with joy. But Dushyanta, weighing the matter in the light of dharma, said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.97.24)

किमागमनकार्यं ते ब्रूहि त्वं वरवर्णिनि । करिष्यामि न संदेहः सपुत्राया विशेषतः ॥

kimāgamanakāryaṃ te brūhi tvaṃ varavarṇini | kariṣyāmi na saṃdehaḥ saputrāyā viśeṣataḥ

"Tell me why you have come, fair lady. I will do it without doubt, the more so since you have a son with you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Dushyanta (his words; the text prints no speaker line).

Verse 25 (1.97.25)

प्रसीदस्व महाराज वक्ष्यामि पुरुषोत्तम । एष पुत्रो हि ते राजन्मय्युत्पन्नः परंतप ॥

prasīdasva mahārāja vakṣyāmi puruṣottama | eṣa putro hi te rājanmayyutpannaḥ paraṃtapa

"Be gracious, great king; I will tell you, best of men. This son is yours, O king, born of me, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to 1.68.16ab with variants (aligned by hand).

Verse 26 (1.97.26)

तस्मात्पुत्रस्त्वया राजन्यौवराज्येऽभिषिच्यताम् । यथोक्तमाश्रमे तस्मिन्वर्तस्व पुरुषोत्तम ॥

tasmātputrastvayā rājanyauvarājye'bhiṣicyatām | yathoktamāśrame tasminvartasva puruṣottama

So let your son be consecrated by you as heir apparent, O king. Keep to what was agreed in that hermitage, best of men.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to 1.68.15cd of the critical edition, the second to 1.68.16cd, with variants (aligned by hand).

Verse 27 (1.97.27)

मया समागमे पूर्वं कृतः स समयस्त्वया । तत्त्वं स्मर महाबाहो कण्वाश्रमपदं प्रति ॥

mayā samāgame pūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sa samayastvayā | tattvaṃ smara mahābāho kaṇvāśramapadaṃ prati

When you came together with me, you made that compact. Remember it, mighty-armed one, there at the hermitage of Kanva."

Verse 28 (1.97.28)

तस्योपभोगसक्तस्य स्त्रीषु चान्यासु भारत । शकुन्तला सपुत्रा च मनस्यन्तरधीयत ॥

tasyopabhogasaktasya strīṣu cānyāsu bhārata | śakuntalā saputrā ca manasyantaradhīyata

While he was absorbed in pleasure with other women, O Bharata, Shakuntala and her son had slipped from his mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (1.97.29)

स धारयन्मनस्येनां सपुत्रां सस्मितां तदा । तदोपगृह्य मनसा चिरं सुखमवाप सः ॥

sa dhārayanmanasyenāṃ saputrāṃ sasmitāṃ tadā | tadopagṛhya manasā ciraṃ sukhamavāpa saḥ

Yet now, holding her and her son in his mind as she stood smiling, and embracing her in thought, he felt a long-lasting happiness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.97.30)

सोऽथ श्रुत्वापि तद्वाक्यं तस्या राजा स्मरन्नपि । अब्रवीन्न स्मरामीति त्वया भद्रे समागमम् ॥

so'tha śrutvāpi tadvākyaṃ tasyā rājā smarannapi | abravīnna smarāmīti tvayā bhadre samāgamam

Then, though he heard her words and remembered, the king said, "I do not remember any union with you, good lady.

Verse 31 (1.97.31)

मैथुनं च वृथा नाहं गच्छेयमिति मे मतिः । नाभिजानामि कल्याणि त्वया सह समागमम् ॥

maithunaṃ ca vṛthā nāhaṃ gaccheyamiti me matiḥ | nābhijānāmi kalyāṇi tvayā saha samāgamam

I would never go to a woman idly; that is my settled mind. I do not recognise any union with you, fair one.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Dushyanta (his speech continues from verse 30).

Verse 32 (1.97.32)

धर्मार्थकामसंबन्धं न स्मरामि त्वया सह । गच्छ वा तिष्ठ वा कामं यद्वापीच्छसि तत्कुरु ॥

dharmārthakāmasaṃbandhaṃ na smarāmi tvayā saha | gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā kāmaṃ yadvāpīcchasi tatkuru

I remember no tie of dharma, wealth or love with you. Go or stay as you please, or do whatever you wish."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dushyanta (his speech continues from verse 30).