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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.22

Devanāgarī recension 6.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.22)

prajāgarāt khilībhūtas tasyāḥ svapne samāgamaḥ /  
bāṣpas tu na dadāty enāṃ draṣṭuṃ citragatām api //  
sānumatī sarvathā pramārjitaṃ tvayā pratyādeśaduḥkhaṃ śakuntalāyāḥ / (praviśya)  
caturikā jayatu bhartā / vartikākaraṇḍakaṃ gṛhītvetomukhaṃ prasthitāsmi /

> I cannot sleep at night  
> And meet her dreaming;  
> I cannot see the sketch  
> While tears are streaming.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Mishrakeshi. My friend, you have indeed atoned--and in her friend's presence--for the pain you caused by rejecting dear Shakuntala. (Enter the maid CHATURIKA.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Maid. Your Majesty, I was coming back with the box of paint-brushes  
> — 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.6.185) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p264) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p171) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p37) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.201) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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