Sakoontala or the Lost Ring - An Indian Drama by Kalidasa
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PRIYAMVADÁ. Do you know, my Anasúyá, why [S']akoontalá gazes so intently at the jasmine? ANASÚYÁ. No, indeed, I cannot imagine. I pray thee tell me. PRIYAMVADÁ. She is wishing that as the jasmine is united to a suitable tree, so, in like manner, she may obtain a husband worthy of her. [S']AKOONTALÁ. Speak for yourself, girl; this is the thought in your own mind. [_Continues watering the flowers_. KING. Would that my union with her were permissible[23]! and yet I hardly dare hope that the maiden is sprung from a caste different from that of the Head of the hermitage. But away with doubt: That she is free to wed a warrior-king My heart attests. For, in conflicting doubts, The secret promptings of the good man's soul |
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