[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 6.11 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.11 Devanāgarī recension 6.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.11) tava sucaritam aṅgulīya nūnaṃ pratanu mameva vibhāvyate phalena / aruṇanakhamanoharāsu tasyāś cyutam asi labdhapadaṃ yad aṅgulīṣu // sānumatī yady anyahastagataṃ bhavet satyam eva śocanīyaṃ bhavet / vidūṣaka bhoḥ iyaṃ nāmamudrā kenodghātena tatrabhavatyā hastābhyāsaṃ prāpitā / sānumatī mama api kautūhalenākārita eṣaḥ / rājā śrūyatām / svanagarāya prasthitaṃ māṃ priyā sabāṣpam āha kiyaccireṇāryaputraḥ pratipattiṃ dāsyatīti / > Your virtue, ring, like mine, > Is proved to be but small; > Her pink-nailed finger sweet > You clasped. How could you fall? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. If it were worn on any other hand, it would deserve pity. My dear girl, you are far away. I am the only one to hear these delightful words. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Tell me how you put the ring on her finger. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. He speaks as if prompted by my curiosity. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Listen, my friend. When I left the pious grove for the city, my darling wept and said: "But how long will you remember us, dear?" > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.11b1) - [Next: 6.11a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.11a5) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.112) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p148) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p113) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.191) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.11) · Pramāṇa