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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.2

Devanāgarī recension 6.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.2)

ātāṃraharitapāṇḍura jīvitasarvaṃ vasantamāsasya (yoḥ) /  
dṛṣṭo 'si cūtakoraka ṛtumaṅgala tvāṃ prasādayāmi //

> First mango-twig, so pink, so green,  
> First living breath of spring,  
> You are sacrificed as soon as seen,  
> A festival offering.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.44) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p10) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

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