HIN DO 
Sujhitn. What if a ftranger had takgn it ? 
'Firjl Alien. It would have become a lerpent, and wound¬ 
ed him. 
Dujhm. Have you feen that confequence on any fimilar 
occafion. 
Both. Frequently. 
Dujhm. [ With tranflport.] I may then exult on the com¬ 
pletion of my ardent delire. [He embraces the child. 
Second Atten. Come, Suvrita, let us carry the delightful 
intelligence to Sacontala, whom the harlh duties of a fepa- 
rated wife have fo long oppreffed. [The Attendants go out. 
Boy. Farewell; I muft go to my mother. 
Dujhm. My darling fon, thou wilt make her happy by 
going to her with me. 
Boy. Dulhmanta is my father; and you are not Dufh- 
manta. 
Dujhm. Even thy denial of me gives me delight. 
Sacontala enters in mourning apparel, with her long hair twifled 
in a lingle braid, and flowing down her back. 
Sac. [Afide.] Having heard that my child’s amulet has 
proved its divine power, I muft either be ftrangely diffi¬ 
dent of my good fortune, or that event which Mifracefi 
predicted has actually happened. [ Advancing. 
Dujhm. [ With a mixture of joy andfarrow.] Ah ! do I fee 
the incomparable Sacontala clad in fordid weeds ?—Her 
face is emaciated by the performance of aultere duties ; 
one twifted lock floats over her fhoulder; and with a mind 
perfectly pure, the fupports the long abfence ot her huf- 
band, whofe unkindnels exceeded ail bounds. 
Sac. [Seeing him, yet doubting.] Is that the fon of my 
lord, grown pale with penitence and affliction ?—It not, 
who is it, that lullies with his touch the hand of my 
child, whofe amulet fhould have preserved him from fuch 
Indignity? 
Boy. [ Going haflily to Sacontala.] Mother, here is a ftranger 
who calls me fon. 
Dujhm. Oh! my belt beloved, I have treated thee cru¬ 
elly ; but my cruelty is fucceeded by the warmeit affec¬ 
tion ; and I implore your remembrance and forgivenefs. 
Sac. [ Aflde .]■ Be confident, O my heart.- [Aloud .]— 
I fhall be molt happy when the king’s anger has palled 
away.— [A/ide.]— This muft be the fon of my lord. 
Dujhm. By the kindnefs of heaven, O lovelieft of thy 
fex, thou ftandeft again before me, whofe memory was 
obicured by the gloom of fafeinatibn; as the ftar Rohini 
at the end of an eclipfe rejoins her beloved moon. 
Sac. May the king be- [S/ur burfls into tears. 
Dujhm. My darling, though the word victorious be fup- 
preffed by thy weeping, yet I mult have victory, lince 
I fee thee again, though with pale lips, and a body un¬ 
adorned. 
Bey. What man is this, mother ? 
Sac. Sweet child, alk the divinity, who prefides over the 
fortunes of us both. [6Me weeps. 
Dujh. O my only beloved, banifh from thy mind my 
cruel defertion of thee.—A violent phrenfy overpowered 
my foul.—Such, when the darknefs of iilufion prevails, 
are the actions of the belt-intentioned ; as a blind man, 
when a friend binds his head with a wreath of flowers, 
miftakes it for a twining l’nake, and foolifhly rejefts it. 
[He flails at her feet. 
Sac. Rife, my hufband, oh! rife-My happinefs has 
been long interrupted; but joy now l'ucceeds to affliction, 
fmee the fon of my lord ftill loves me.— [He rifles.] —How 
was the remembrance of this unfortunate woman reftored 
to the mind of my lord’s fon ? 
Dujh. When the dart of mifery fhall be wholly extracted 
from my bofom, I will tell you all; but fince the anguifn 
of my foul has in part ceafed, let me firff wipe off that 
tear which trickles from thy delicate eye-lafh ; and thus 
efface the memory of all the tears w'hich my delirium has 
made thee filed. [He flrctchcs out his hand. 
Sac. [Wiping off her tears, andfleeing the ring on. his jmger. ] 
Ah ! is that the fatal ring ? 
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Dujh. Yes; by the furprifing recovery of it my memory 
was reftored. 
Sac. Its influence, indeed, has been great, fince it has 
brought back the loft confidence of my hufband. 
Dujhm. Take it then, as a beautiful plant receives a 
flower from the returning feafon of joy. 
Sac. I cannot again truft it.—Let it be worn by the fon 
of my lord. 
Matali enters. 
Mat. By the will of heaven the king has happily met 
his beloved wife, and feen the countenance of his little 
fon. 
Dujhm. It w'as by the company of my friend that my 
defire attained maturity.—But fay, was not this fortunate 
event previoufly known to India ? 
Mat. [ Smiling. ] What is unknown to the gods ?—But 
come : the divine Maricha defires to fee thee. 
Dujhm. Beloved, take our fon by the hand; and let me 
prefent you both to the father of immortals. 
Sac. I really am aftiamed, even in thy prefence, to ap¬ 
proach the deities. 
Dujhm. It is highly proper on fo happy an occafion.— 
Come, I entreat thee. [They all advance. 
Thefeene is withdrawn, and Cafyapa is difeovered on a throne 
converfmg with Adita. 
Caf. [Pointing to the king.] That, O daughter of Dacfha, 
is the hero who ied the fquadrons of thy fon to the front 
of battle, a fovereign of the earth, Dufhmanta; by the 
means of whofe bow the thunder-bolt of Indra (all its 
work being accomplifhed) is now a mere ornament of his 
heavenly palace. 
Adi. He bears in his form all the marks of exalted 
majefty. ' *• 
Mat. [To Dufhmanta.] The parents of the twelve Adi- 
tyas, O king, are gazing on thee, as on their own off- 
fpring, witli eyes of affection.—Approach them, illuftrious 
prince. 
Dujhm. Are thofe, O Matali, the divine pair, fprung 
from Marichi and Dacfha ?—Are thofe the grand-children 
of Brahma, to whom the Self-exiftent gave birth in the 
beginning; whom infpired mortals pronounce the foun¬ 
tain of glory apparent in the form of twelve funs; they 
who produced my benefaftor, the lord of a hundred facri- 
fices, and ruler of three worlds ? 
Mat. Even they.— [ ' Proflrating himftlf with Dufhmanta.] 
—Great beings, the king Dufhmanta, who has executed 
the commands of your fon Vavafa, falls humbly before 
your throne. 
Caf. Continue long to rule the world. 
Adi. Long be a warrior with a car unfhattered in com¬ 
bat. [Sacontala and her fon proflrate thcmfelves. 
Caf. Daughter, may thy hufband be like Indra! May 
thy Ion refemble Jayanta ! And mayft thou (whom no 
benediftion could better fuit) be equal in profperity to 
the daughter of Puloman ! 
Adi. Preferve, my child, a conftant unity with thy lord : 
and may this boy, for a great iength of years, be the or¬ 
nament and joy of you both !—Now be feated near us. 
[ They all ft down. 
Caf. [Looking at them by turns.] Sacontala is the model 
of excellent wives ; her fon is dutiful; and thou, O king, 
haft three rare advantages: true piety, abundant wealth, 
and active virtue. 
Dujhm. O divine being! Raving obtained the former 
object of my molt ardent wifhes, I now have reached the 
lummit of earthly happinefs through thy favour, and thy 
benifon will enfure its permanence.—Firft appears the 
flower, then the fruit; firft clouds are collected, then the 
fnower falls; fuch is the regular courfe of caufes and 
effefts ; and thus, when thy indulgence preceded, felicity 
generally followed. 
Mat. Great, indeed, O king, has been the kindnefs of 
the primeval Brahmins. 
Dujhm, Bright fon of Marichi, this thy handmaid was 
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