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Pinnacle of Shakuntala Part 3 Abhigyan Shakuntalam Dushyanta Proposing: O Beautiful One Be My Wife
Dushyanta: Who are you?
Why are you in these woods?
such beauty and virtues
Whence have you come?
O charming one
my heart deeply
desire to learn about you
tell me all
Shakuntala smiled
addressed words: Hear, O king
I am the daughter of virtuous
illustrious ascetic Rishi Kanwa
Dushyanta: O thou of fairest complexion
how you been born as his daughter?
It is a sincere doubt of mine
Shakuntala: O Dushyanta
I am born to
Menaka, first of celestial Apsaras
great ascetic, Vishwamitra
like Sun in splendor
tempted Vishwamitra
disrupt his penance,
Shakuntala concluded story to Dushyanta
O king of men
thus how Rishi Kanwa my father
fascinating tale
King Dushyanta said: spoke well
O princess,
Be my wife O beautiful one!
What shall I do for thee?
Golden garlands
robes, ear-rings
white pearls
Let the whole of my kingdom be thine today,
O charming one
Come to me
shed the timidity
join me
O elegant beauty
Gandharva norm (love marriage)
of all forms
Shakuntala smiled and blushed
O king, my father is away
Wait but a moment
father bestow me on thee
Dushyanta impatiently
O beautiful faultless one,
I desire you
my life’s companion
exist for thee,
my heart is in thee.
A tranquil spot!
Why should I thrill?
Love cannot enter there
Yet to inevitable things
Doors open everywhere
Shakuntala: o my king
i am chaste and your's
"O King, sacred is my promise,
Do not break your promise,
O King Let your love be sacred.
If you cling to a lie,
and will not believe, alas!
i must die without you
to be continued............
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Anita Sharma
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