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शकुन्तला उवाच राजन् यथा अयं आगमः मह्यं यथा इदं पुरा अभूत् यथा मुनेः दुहिता अस्मि तत् यथातत्त्वं शृणुśakuntalā uvāca rājan yathā ayaṃ āgamaḥ mahyaṃ yathā idaṃ purā abhūt yathā muneḥ duhitā asmi tat yathātattvaṃ śṛṇuShakuntala said: O king, how this [account] came to me, how it happened once, [and] how I am the sage's daughter — hear that in truth
कः चित् ऋषिः इह आगम्य मम जन्म अभ्यचोदयत् तस्मै भगवान् यथा प्रोवाच तत् शृणु पार्थिवkaḥ cit ṛṣiḥ iha āgamya mama janma abhyacodayat tasmai bhagavān yathā provāca tat śṛṇu pārthivaa certain sage, having come here, questioned about my birth; as the lord [Kanva] told him, so listen, O king
पुरा विश्वामित्रः महत् तपः तप्यमानः सुरगणेश्वरं शक्रं सुभृशं तापयाम् आसpurā viśvāmitraḥ mahat tapaḥ tapyamānaḥ suragaṇeśvaraṃ śakraṃ subhṛśaṃ tāpayām āsaonce Vishvamitra, performing great austerity, greatly troubled Shakra, lord of the host of gods
अयं तपसा दीप्तवीर्यः मां स्थानात् च्यावयेत् इति भीतः पुरंदरः मेनकां इदं अब्रवीत्ayaṃ tapasā dīptavīryaḥ māṃ sthānāt cyāvayet iti bhītaḥ puraṃdaraḥ menakāṃ idaṃ abravīt"this one, blazing with the power of austerity, will dislodge me from my place" — thus alarmed, Purandara (Indra) said this to Menaka
मेनके त्वं अप्सरसां दिव्यैः गुणैः विशिष्यसे कल्याणि मे श्रेयः कुरु यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि तत् शृणुmenake tvaṃ apsarasāṃ divyaiḥ guṇaiḥ viśiṣyase kalyāṇi me śreyaḥ kuru yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi tat śṛṇuO Menaka, you surpass [the other] apsarases in divine qualities; O auspicious one, do me a service — listen to what I shall tell you
असौ आदित्यसंकाशः महातपाः विश्वामित्रः घोरं तपः तप्यमानः मम मनः कम्पयतेasau ādityasaṃkāśaḥ mahātapāḥ viśvāmitraḥ ghoraṃ tapaḥ tapyamānaḥ mama manaḥ kampayatethat sun-like one of great austerity, Vishvamitra, performing dreadful austerity, shakes my mind
मेनके सुमध्यमे संशितात्मा सुदुर्धर्षः उग्रे तपसि वर्तते अयं विश्वामित्रः तव भारःmenake sumadhyame saṃśitātmā sudurdharṣaḥ ugre tapasi vartate ayaṃ viśvāmitraḥ tava bhāraḥO slender-waisted Menaka, self-controlled, unassailable, [he] abides in fierce austerity; this Vishvamitra is your charge
सः मां स्थानात् न च्यावयेत् तं गत्वा प्रलोभय तस्य तपोविघ्नं चर मे उत्तमं प्रियं कुरुsaḥ māṃ sthānāt na cyāvayet taṃ gatvā pralobhaya tasya tapovighnaṃ cara me uttamaṃ priyaṃ kurusee to it that he does not dislodge me from my place; go to him and tempt him, obstruct his austerity, do me this greatest favor
वरारोहे रूपयौवनमाधुर्यचेष्टितस्मितभाषितैः लोभयित्वा तपसः संनिवर्तयvarārohe rūpayauvanamādhuryaceṣṭitasmitabhāṣitaiḥ lobhayitvā tapasaḥ saṃnivartayaO lovely-hipped one, having enticed him with beauty, youth, sweetness, gestures, smiles, and words, turn him away from his austerity
शकुन्तलोवाचśakuntalovācaoriginal form "śakuntalovāca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथायम्yathāyamoriginal form "yathāyam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आगमोāgamooriginal form "āgamo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चेदम्cedamoriginal form "cedam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथास्मिyathāsmioriginal form "yathāsmi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कश्kaśoriginal form "kaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इहागम्यihāgamyaoriginal form "ihāgamya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जन्माभ्यचोदयत्janmābhyacodayatoriginal form "janmābhyacodayat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तच्tacoriginal form "tac", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छृणुchṛṇuoriginal form "chṛṇu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किलkilaoriginal form "kila", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विश्वामित्रोviśvāmitrooriginal form "viśvāmitro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुरगणेश्वरम्suragaṇeśvaramoriginal form "suragaṇeśvaram", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दीप्तवीर्योdīptavīryooriginal form "dīptavīryo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयं'yaṃoriginal form "'yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्थानान्sthānānoriginal form "sthānān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
च्यावयेद्cyāvayedoriginal form "cyāvayed", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुरंदरस्puraṃdarasoriginal form "puraṃdaras", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्मान्tasmānoriginal form "tasmān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मेनकाम्menakāmoriginal form "menakām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इदम्idamoriginal form "idam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गुणैर्guṇairoriginal form "guṇair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिव्यैर्divyairoriginal form "divyair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रेयोśreyooriginal form "śreyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तच्tacoriginal form "tac", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छृणुchṛṇuoriginal form "chṛṇu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
असाव्asāvoriginal form "asāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आदित्यसंकाशोādityasaṃkāśooriginal form "ādityasaṃkāśo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विश्वामित्रोviśvāmitrooriginal form "viśvāmitro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तप्यमानस्tapyamānasoriginal form "tapyamānas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तपोtapooriginal form "tapo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भारोbhārooriginal form "bhāro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयं'yaṃoriginal form "'yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुदुर्धर्षsudurdharṣaoriginal form "sudurdharṣa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैvaioriginal form "vai", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रियम्priyamoriginal form "priyam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उत्तमम्uttamamoriginal form "uttamam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Shakuntala begins the tale of her birth, and an ancient theme reveals itself: Indra's fear of the power of austerity. It is significant that Indra, king of the gods, trembles before the ascetic Vishvamitra, fearing to lose his throne. Here is a twofold lesson. First, great is the power of tapas (austerity): even the gods dread the might a practitioner accumulates. But, second — and this matters more — Indra himself here reveals an imperfection: instead of rejoicing in the sage's righteousness, he, in fear for his own power, plots to corrupt him by sending a celestial maiden. Thus scripture shows that even the "gods" (devatas), the administrators of the world, are not free from self-interest and fear; they are not the Supreme, but souls invested with power, subject to weaknesses. Such devatas must be distinguished from the Supreme Lord (Vishnu), who alone is free from fear and envy. And Indra's method — seduction through desire (kama) — lays bare the perennial trap of the ascetic: sensual passion, which destroys the fruits of austerity. Thus is prepared the fall of Vishvamitra — and the birth of Shakuntala.