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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.25

Devanāgarī recension 6.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.25)

asmāt paraṃ bata yathāśruti saṃbhṛtāni  
ko naḥ kule nivapanāni niyacchatīti /  
nūnaṃ prasūtivikalena mayā prasiktam  
dautāśruśeṣam udakaṃ pitaraḥ pibanti //  
(iti moham upagataḥ)  
caturikā (sasaṃbhramam avalokya) samāśvasitu samāśvasitu bhartā /  
sānumatī hā dhig ghā dhik / sati khalu dīpe vyavadhānadoṣeṇaiṣo 'ndhakāradoṣam anubhavati /  
aham idānīm eva nirvṛtaṃ karomi /

> For I am childless, and they do not know,  
> When I am gone, what child of theirs will bring  
> The scriptural oblation; and their tears  
> Already mingle with my offering.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Mishrakeshi. He is screened from the light, and is in darkness.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (He swoons.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Maid (in distress). Oh, sir, come to yourself.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.222) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p339) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p206) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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