SHAKUNTALA
Shakuntala was brought up in a hermitage (a sort of hut in the forest exactly where sages reside) as she was abandoned at birth by her parents. She had two maidens for business. The innocent girl had no occasion to discover the methods of the globe.
One day, While they had been playing in the garden, she shouted for assist Even though attacked by bees. A man who was watching her, hiding in the bush and entranced by her charms, took this chance to come out and drive away the insects. At initial glance, the innocent girl fell in adore with the young, handsome stranger!
The man told her that he was King Dushyanta, hunting wild animals, and promised to marry her as quickly as he returned to his capital, providing her prime status as the Queen, even although he had a quantity of other wives. They spent numerous enchanting days and nights prior to he went away, providing her a gold ring, to remind him, in case he forgot her.
Whilst dreaming about her lover, forgetful of her surroundings, she failed to notice the arrival of sage Durvasa. The effortlessly angered sage promptly cursed her, saying that the man about whom she was dreaming, will forget her. The girl apologised to the sage, but the harm was done, simply because even he can't amend his personal curse.
Days and months passed with out any message from the king. Shakuntala, who had turn out to be pregnant, gave birth to a bonny boy. Whilst he became a couple of years old, the sage who was her guardian sent her to the court of the King escorted by her companions, Priyamvada and Anasuya.
The King who had forgotten her, refused to entertain her, disclaiming any understanding of the incidents described by Shakuntala and her companions. Though she attempted to show the ring, to her dismay, it was not there! They left the royal court in despair...
A thief was created ahead of the King, accused of stealing a gold ring. He pleaded that the ring was discovered inside the belly of a fish he had caught from the pond.(Shakuntala and her pals had taken bath in the pond on their way to the palace, Even though she lost the ring which was afterwards swallowed by the fish) Although the King saw the ring, he recalled every little thing connected with the really like affair with Shakuntala and was very upset. He ordered a thorough search and in the end identified them and she was duly accepted as his lawful wife.
The boy named Bharat became well-known as the very first Emperor in the subcontinent of India, recognized afterwards as Bharatam.
The greatest poet in history, KALIDAS has written this story in poem SHAKUNTALAM which has been translated into many languages
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