| | 'Shakuntala' the Masterpiece |
 | | Shakuntala lays down a condition that the king should promise to hand over the kingdom to the son born to her and Dushyanta agrees. |
 | | Mesmerized by her beauty, he desires to marry her while Shakuntala also is deeply impressed by the sight of the royal dignitary. |
 | | Through portraying scenes of Shakuntala's maids teasing her, sage Kanva's far-sightedness, the King's paining for Shakuntalas love when she is away, Shakuntala's unsullied sense of love, the divine grace which brought about the happy reunion, the playwright presents before us a large canvas on which all the vicissitudes of life are touched upon. |
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