[S']ÁRNGARAVA.

Ruin.

KING.

No one will believe that a Prince of Puru's race would seek to ruin others or himself.

[S']ÁRADWATA.

This altercation is idle, [S']árngarava. We have executed the commission of our preceptor; come, let us return.

[To the KING.

[S']akoontalá is certainly thy bride;
Receive her or reject her, she is thine.
Do with her, King, according to thy pleasure—
The husband o'er the wife is absolute.

Go on before us, Gautamí.

[They move away.