The mere sight of you, sweet maidens, has been to me
the best entertainment.
SAKOONTALA.--Anasuya, a pointed blade of Kusa-grass[35] has pricked my
foot; and my bark-mantle is caught in the branch of a Kuruvaka-bush. Be
so good as to wait for me until I have disentangled it.
[_Exit with her two companions, after making pretexts for delay, that
she may steal glances at the King_.
KING.--I have no longer any desire to return to the city. I will
therefore rejoin my attendants, and make them encamp somewhere in the
vicinity of this sacred grove. In good truth, Sakoontala has taken such
possession of my thoughts, that I cannot turn myself in any other
direction.
My limbs drawn onward leave my heart behind,
Like silken pennon borne against the wind.
[33] The speed of the chariot resembled that of the wind and the sun.
Indra was the god of the firmament or atmosphere. The sun, in Hindoo
mythology, is represented as seated in a chariot drawn by seven green
horses, having before him a lovely youth without legs, who acts as
charioteer, and who is Aruna, or the Dawn personified.
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