The Recognition of Sakuntala (Oxford World's Classics) by Kalidasa

The Recognition of Sakuntala (Oxford World's Classics) by Kalidasa

Author:Kalidasa
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780192839114
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2001-07-19T04:00:00+00:00


SECOND BARD.

The miscreant bows before your rod, (8)

You arbitrate and give protection.

Riches and power attract

Spurious relations,

Yet all your subjects,

High or low,

You treat as kinsmen.

KING. How can I feel depressed after that? [He walks around

DOORKEEPER. Here’s the terrace of the fire sanctuary, fresh from a wash, and there’s the cow waiting to give milk for the oblation. Will you step up, Your Majesty?

[The KING ascends, and stands there, leaning on the DOORKEEPER

KING. Why do you suppose the holy KAṆVA has sent these sages to see me?

Has their practice been disrupted—obstructed? (9)

Has someone threatened the deer—the sacred grove?

Is it something that I’ve done, or something I’ve neglected,

Withers their flowering vine?

Vetravatī, don’t ask me why—I can’t define it—

But this fills me with unease.



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