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Vishwamitra was enraged how he been duped by Deity King Indra felt ashamed of lost all the virtue gained through years after penance and asceticism distanced from mother so child got back to penance. Menaka birthing queen melody left newborn in the forest Abandoned by parents sage Kanva found A baby girl in dark lovely woods surrounded in the solitude wilderness by Sakuntas birds therefore, she been named Shakuntala foster father kind gentle The Greatest Sage wise illustrious ascetic radiant Rishi Kanwa shakuntala blessed by fatherly love of sage Kanva O father kanva you are merciful kind hearted I bow to you million times banks of the Malini River Shivalik hills of the Himalayas Shakuntala's girlhood so blessed roaming around greenery of the hills, accompanied closest friends Anasuya and Priyamvada Shakuntala grew up salient alluring, young woman, radiated youth,elegance clad in cotton robe ornaments of roses sweetest melodies voice honey like sober So gentle soft-spoken birds and animals woods drawn to her surrounded by timid animals often petting deer bark-dress conceals the splendid orbs hermitage blooms like lotus beauty and love she Radiates with own brightness, like an ornament hidden in the duckweed the lotus glows, dusky scars face of the moon heighten radiance thus Sakuntala's Beauty only revealed Conceals indeed,beauty lies in concealing beauty The monarch is young handsome and brave hunting lasted for days now He was tired, thirsty and hungry stood with reverence before the sacred grounds Rishi Kanva’s hermitage It was inviolable Anybody here ? echo came back striking tentative heart beautiful nymph came simply attired glowing with innocence and charm The king awe-struck she queried politely how could the Hermitage serve you? O King ! I await your command Royal king Dushyanta soundly Atoned singular beauty, her sweet demeanor O charming one O amiable one Who are you ? faithfully O beautiful one Why are you in these woods ? such beauty and virtues Whence have you come ? O charming one, you touch my heart deeply to be continued...................
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