Re: [nukkad] Two Men

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  If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape
a hundred days of sorrow.  - Chinese Proverb
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Rawat wrote on Abhigyan Shaakunthalam : Shakuntala is nurtured in the
aashram of another sage (name?).
#Sage Kanwa#
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Rawat: Dushyant goes back to run his kingdom and gives Shakuntala a
finger ring saying that whenever she comes to his palace, she
need to show him this ring so that he would be able to recall
about her. (what logic).
#The ring was not given as a means of recollection! It was the symbol of
their marriage (Gandharva Vivah). They did marry secretly before consumating
the marriage. The ring symbolized that. 
The ring has importance in the story. After Dushyant went back to his palace
promising to return to take her to the Palace ceremoneously, Sakuntala sat
day-dreaming about him. At that time Sage Durvasa visited the Ashram. The
dreaming Sakuntala did not see him. Sage Durvasa cursed her that whoever she
is dreaming about will forget her. Sakuntala begged for pardon and the sage
relented saying that Dushyant would remember her again when he saw the
marriage ring.  Dushyant forgot her because of Durvasa's curse and their
reunion was delayed because of the lost ring. 
I know it is not 'logic' but that is the story. 
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Rawat: Shakuntala gets pregnant, and gets expelled from the aashram so that
other girls do not take her lead.
#She was not expelled from the Ashram. Sage Kanwa sent her to the King's
palace but Sakuntala could not prove her credentials because she lost the
ring. She returned to the same Ashram and lived there until Dushyant came to
get her and her son. 

V.K.Venugopal






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