Abhijnana-sakuntala-nataka

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"Abhijnana-sakuntala" |"Abhijnana-sakuntala-nataka"

CC Adi-lila

Kālidāsa flourished during the time of Mahārāja Vikramāditya, and he became the state poet. He composed some thirty or forty Sanskrit dramas, including Kumāra-sambhava, Abhijñāna-śakuntalā and Megha-dūta.

CC Adi 16.102, Translation and Purport:

“Such mistakes should be considered negligible. One should see only how such poets have displayed their poetic power.

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.11) it is said:

tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo

yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api

nāmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yat

śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ

"In explaining the glories of the Lord, inexperienced men may compose poetry with many faults, but because it contains glorification of the Lord, great personalities read it, hear it and chant it." Despite its minute literary discrepancies, one must study poetry on the merit of its subject matter. According to Vaiṣṇava philosophy, any literature that glorifies the Lord, whether properly written or not, is first class. There need be no other considerations. The poetic compositions of Bhavabhūti, or Śrīkaṇṭha, include Mālatī-mādhava, Uttara-carita, Vīra-carita and many similar Sanskrit dramas. This great poet was born during the time of Bhojarāja as the son of Nīlakaṇṭha, a brāhmaṇa. Kālidāsa flourished during the time of Mahārāja Vikramāditya, and he became the state poet. He composed some thirty or forty Sanskrit dramas, including Kumāra-sambhava, Abhijñāna-śakuntalā and Megha-dūta. His drama Raghu-vaṁśa is especially famous. We have already described Jayadeva in Chapter Thirteen of the Ādi-līlā.

CC Antya-lila

This is a quotation from the Abhijñāna-śakuntalā-nāṭaka.

CC Antya 18.40, Translation and Purport:

"A relative or intimate friend is always fearful of some injury to his beloved."

This is a quotation from the Abhijñāna-śakuntalā-nāṭaka.

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

Asti himālaya-nāma nakhadi-rāja... Asti uttana-sana-desi (?) himālaya-nāma na-gadi-raja (?).

Morning Walk -- March 25, 1974, Bombay:

Dr. Patel: Sanskrit is poetic. You can just compose poetry.

Prabhupāda: Whole Sanskrit language in poetry. Bhagavad-gītā is in poetry. Bhāgavata in poetry. Mahābhārata in poetry.

Dr. Patel: Ninety percent of the Sanskrit literature is in poetry.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Why ninety? It may be ninety-nine.

Dr. Patel: No, but some of the... Kālidāsa, and, you know... They're also composing the ślokas in the... But...

Prabhupāda: Kālidāsa also in poetry.

Dr. Patel: No, that is certain... Not all. Abhijñāna-śakuntalā is not in poetry.

Prabhupāda: Asti himālaya-nāma nakhadi-rāja... Asti uttana-sana-desi (?) himālaya-nāma na-gadi-raja (?).

Dr. Patel: What is that? Raghu-vaṁśa.

Prabhupāda: Raghu-vaṁśa. It is Raghu-vaṁśa.

Dr. Patel: I studied his...

Prabhupāda: Raghu-vaṁśa and Kumāra-sambhava. We studied some portion.

Dr. Patel: I studied in my college days... (break)

Prabhupāda: Motikama (?) is grammar. Poetry for grammar.

Dr. Patel: Meghadūta I studied. (Sanskrit) (break)

Prabhupāda: ...for materialistic persons.