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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.15

Devanāgarī recension 6.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.15)

svinnāṅguliviniveśo rekhāprānteṣu dṛśyate malinaḥ /  
aśru ca kapolapatitaṃ dṛśyam idaṃ varṇikocchvāsāt //  
caturike ardhalikhitam etad vinodasthānam / gaccha / vartikāṃ tāvad ānaya /  
caturikā ārya mādhavya avalambasva citraphalakaṃ yāvad āgacchāmi /

> See where discolorations faint  
> Of loving handling tell;  
> And here the swelling of the paint  
> Shows where my sad tears fell.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> \[paragraph continues\] Chaturika, I have not finished the background. Go, get the brushes.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Maid. Please hold the picture, Madhavya, while I am gone.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.152) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p205) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p144) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p31-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

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