 | Book 1 Chapter 67
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| 1 | duḥṣanta uvāca
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| 1 | suvyaktaṃ rājaputrī tvaṃ yathā kalyāṇi bhāṣase
bhāryā me bhava suśroṇi brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te
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| 2 | suvarṇamālā vāsāṃsi kuṇḍale parihāṭake
nānāpattanaje śubhre maṇiratne ca śobhane
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| 3 | āharāmi tavādyāhaṃ niṣkādīny ajināni ca
sarvaṃ rājyaṃ tavādyāstu bhāryā me bhava śobhane
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| 4 | gāndharveṇa ca māṃ bhīru vivāhenaihi sundari
vivāhānāṃ hi rambhoru gāndharvaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate
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| 5 | śakuntalovāca
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| 5 | phalāhāro gato rājan pitā me ita āśramāt
taṃ muhūrtaṃ pratīkṣasva sa māṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyati
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| 6 | duḥṣanta uvāca
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| 6 | icchāmi tvāṃ varārohe bhajamānām anindite
tvadarthaṃ māṃ sthitaṃ viddhi tvadgataṃ hi mano mama
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| 7 | ātmano bandhur ātmaiva gatir ātmaiva cātmanaḥ
ātmanaivātmano dānaṃ kartum arhasi dharmataḥ
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| 8 | aṣṭāv eva samāsena vivāhā dharmataḥ smṛtāḥ
brāhmo daivas tathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyas tathāsuraḥ
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| 9 | gāndharvo rākṣasaś caiva paiśācaś cāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ
teṣāṃ dharmān yathāpūrvaṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo 'bravīt
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| 10 | praśastāṃś caturaḥ pūrvān brāhmaṇasyopadhāraya
ṣaḍ ānupūrvyā kṣatrasya viddhi dharmyān anindite
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| 11 | rājñāṃ tu rākṣaso 'py ukto viṭśūdreṣv āsuraḥ smṛtaḥ
pañcānāṃ tu trayo dharmyā dvāv adharmyau smṛtāv iha
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| 12 | paiśācaś cāsuraś caiva na kartavyau kathaṃ cana
anena vidhinā kāryo dharmasyaiṣā gatiḥ smṛtā
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| 13 | gāndharvarākṣasau kṣatre dharmyau tau mā viśaṅkithāḥ
pṛthag vā yadi vā miśrau kartavyau nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 14 | sā tvaṃ mama sakāmasya sakāmā varavarṇini
gāndharveṇa vivāhena bhāryā bhavitum arhasi
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| 15 | śakuntalovāca
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| 15 | yadi dharmapathas tv eṣa yadi cātmā prabhur mama
pradāne pauravaśreṣṭha śṛṇu me samayaṃ prabho
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| 16 | satyaṃ me pratijānīhi yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmy ahaṃ rahaḥ
mama jāyeta yaḥ putraḥ sa bhavet tvadanantaram
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| 17 | yuvarājo mahārāja satyam etad bravīhi me
yady etad evaṃ duḥṣanta astu me saṃgamas tvayā
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| 18 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 18 | evam astv iti tāṃ rājā pratyuvācāvicārayan
api ca tvāṃ nayiṣyāmi nagaraṃ svaṃ śucismite
yathā tvam arhā suśroṇi satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 19 | evam uktvā sa rājarṣis tām aninditagāminīm
jagrāha vidhivat pāṇāv uvāsa ca tayā saha
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| 20 | viśvāsya caināṃ sa prāyād abravīc ca punaḥ punaḥ
preṣayiṣye tavārthāya vāhinīṃ caturaṅgiṇīm
tayā tvām ānayiṣyāmi nivāsaṃ svaṃ śucismite
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| 21 | iti tasyāḥ pratiśrutya sa nṛpo janamejaya
manasā cintayan prāyāt kāśyapaṃ prati pārthivaḥ
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| 22 | bhagavāṃs tapasā yuktaḥ śrutvā kiṃ nu kariṣyati
evaṃ saṃcintayann eva praviveśa svakaṃ puram
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| 23 | muhūrtayāte tasmiṃs tu kaṇvo 'py āśramam āgamat
śakuntalā ca pitaraṃ hriyā nopajagāma tam
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| 24 | vijñāyātha ca tāṃ kaṇvo divyajñāno mahātapāḥ
uvāca bhagavān prītaḥ paśyan divyena cakṣuṣā
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| 25 | tvayādya rājānvayayā mām anādṛtya yatkṛtaḥ
puṃsā saha samāyogo na sa dharmopaghātakaḥ
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| 26 | kṣatriyasya hi gāndharvo vivāhaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate
sakāmāyāḥ sakāmena nirmantro rahasi smṛtaḥ
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| 27 | dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca duḥṣantaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
abhyagacchaḥ patiṃ yaṃ tvaṃ bhajamānaṃ śakuntale
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| 28 | mahātmā janitā loke putras tava mahābalaḥ
ya imāṃ sāgarāpāṅgāṃ kṛtsnāṃ bhokṣyati medinīm
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| 29 | paraṃ cābhiprayātasya cakraṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
bhaviṣyaty apratihataṃ satataṃ cakravartinaḥ
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| 30 | tataḥ prakṣālya pādau sā viśrāntaṃ munim abravīt
vinidhāya tato bhāraṃ saṃnidhāya phalāni ca
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| 31 | mayā patir vṛto yo 'sau duḥṣantaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
tasmai sasacivāya tvaṃ prasādaṃ kartum arhasi
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| 32 | kaṇva uvāca
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| 32 | prasanna eva tasyāhaṃ tvatkṛte varavarṇini
gṛhāṇa ca varaṃ mattas tatkṛte yad abhīpsitam
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| 33 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 33 | tato dharmiṣṭhatāṃ vavre rājyāc cāskhalanaṃ tathā
śakuntalā pauravāṇāṃ duḥṣantahitakāmyayā
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