梵语IAST释义
सिंहव्याघ्रसमाकुले विजने वने तं गर्भं शयानं दृष्ट्वा शकुनाः समन्तात् पर्यवारयन्siṃhavyāghrasamākule vijane vane taṃ garbhaṃ śayānaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakunāḥ samantāt paryavārayanin the deserted forest, teeming with lions and tigers, seeing that child lying there, the birds surrounded her on every side
मांसगृद्धिनः क्रव्यादाः इमां बालां वने न हिंस्युः इति शकुन्ताः तत्र तां मेनकात्मजां पर्यरक्षन्तmāṃsagṛddhinaḥ kravyādāḥ imāṃ bālāṃ vane na hiṃsyuḥ iti śakuntāḥ tatra tāṃ menakātmajāṃ paryarakṣantalet not the flesh-craving carnivores harm this little one in the forest -- so the birds there guarded that daughter of Menaka
अहं उपस्प्रष्टुं गतः इमां निर्जने विपिने अरण्ये शकुन्तैः परिवारितां शयितां अपश्यम्ahaṃ upaspraṣṭuṃ gataḥ imāṃ nirjane vipine araṇye śakuntaiḥ parivāritāṃ śayitāṃ apaśyamI, having come to the river to bathe, saw her lying in the desolate forest wilderness, surrounded by birds
ततः एनां आनयित्वा दुहितृत्वे न्ययोजयम्tataḥ enāṃ ānayitvā duhitṛtve nyayojayamthen, bringing her to the hermitage, I took her as my daughter
शरीरकृत् प्राणदाता यस्य च अन्नानि भुञ्जते क्रमेण ते त्रयः अपि धर्मनिश्चये पितरः उक्ताःśarīrakṛt prāṇadātā yasya ca annāni bhuñjate krameṇa te trayaḥ api dharmaniścaye pitaraḥ uktāḥthe begetter of the body, the giver of life, and he whose food one eats -- these three, in order, are called fathers in the determination of dharma
निर्जने वने यस्मात् शकुन्तैः परिरक्षिता तस्मात् अस्याः शकुन्तला इति नाम मया कृतम्nirjane vane yasmāt śakuntaiḥ parirakṣitā tasmāt asyāḥ śakuntalā iti nāma mayā kṛtamand since in the desolate forest she was protected by birds (shakunta), for that reason I gave her the name "Shakuntala"
सौम्य एवं मम दुहितरं शकुन्तलां विद्धि अनिन्दिता शकुन्तला च मां पितरं मन्यतेsaumya evaṃ mama duhitaraṃ śakuntalāṃ viddhi aninditā śakuntalā ca māṃ pitaraṃ manyategentle one, know Shakuntala thus to be my daughter; and the blameless Shakuntala considers me her father
पृष्टः सन् महर्षये एतत् मम जन्म आचष्ट एवं मां कण्वस्य सुतां विद्धि पितरं स्वं अजानती कण्वं पितरं मन्ये यथावृत्तं ते कथितम्pṛṣṭaḥ san maharṣaye etat mama janma ācaṣṭa evaṃ māṃ kaṇvasya sutāṃ viddhi pitaraṃ svaṃ ajānatī kaṇvaṃ pitaraṃ manye yathāvṛttaṃ te kathitambeing asked, he told the great sage this account of my birth; know me thus as Kanva's daughter; not knowing my own true father, I consider Kanva my father -- as it happened, it has been told to you
नेमांnemāṃoriginal form "nemāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हिंस्युर्hiṃsyuroriginal form "hiṃsyur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रव्यादाkravyādāoriginal form "kravyādā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शकुन्ताśakuntāoriginal form "śakuntā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मेनकात्मजाम्menakātmajāmoriginal form "menakātmajām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गतश्gataśoriginal form "gataś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाहम्cāhamoriginal form "cāham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अपश्यंapaśyaṃoriginal form "apaśyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शयिताम्śayitāmoriginal form "śayitām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इमाम्imāmoriginal form "imām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽरण्ये'raṇyeoriginal form "'raṇye", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परिवारिताम्parivāritāmoriginal form "parivāritām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततश्tataśoriginal form "tataś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैनांcaināṃoriginal form "caināṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चान्नानिcānnānioriginal form "cānnāni", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रयोtrayooriginal form "trayo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽप्य्'pyoriginal form "'py", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरोpitarooriginal form "pitaro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यस्माच्yasmācoriginal form "yasmāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छकुन्तैःchakuntaiḥoriginal form "chakuntaiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शकुन्तलेतिśakuntaletioriginal form "śakuntaleti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नामास्याःnāmāsyāḥoriginal form "nāmāsyāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतंkṛtaṃoriginal form "kṛtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शकुन्तलाम्śakuntalāmoriginal form "śakuntalām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
माम्māmoriginal form "mām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
माम्māmoriginal form "mām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वंtvaṃoriginal form "tvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मनुजाधिपmanujādhipaoriginal form "manujādhipa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हिhioriginal form "hi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वम्svamoriginal form "svam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथितंkathitaṃoriginal form "kathitaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजन्rājanoriginal form "rājan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रुतंśrutaṃoriginal form "śrutaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मयाmayāoriginal form "mayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the account of Shakuntala comes to its close -- and a deep dharma of adoption and care reveals itself. It is telling that the abandoned child is sheltered by birds (shakunta): even mute creatures fulfill the law of compassion toward the defenseless, while her mother, the apsara, left her behind. Thus providence is shown to guard the innocent even through the smallest creatures; no child is ever wholly forsaken, for a higher care watches over it. Telling too is the naming of three fathers: the begetter of the flesh, the savior of life, and the provider of food -- all three are fathers by dharma. In this way scripture honors not blood alone but the bonds of care and gratitude: Kanva, who saved and raised the girl, is her true father, though not by flesh. And Shakuntala's humility is beautiful: "not knowing my true father, I consider Kanva my father" -- gratitude toward the one who raised her outweighs the claims of blood. Thus the story of her birth, beginning in a fall and a cold abandonment, closes with the image of selfless care (Kanva's) and grateful love (Shakuntala's) -- worthy of the foremother of the Bharatas.