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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.5

Devanāgarī recension 6.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.5)

ramyaṃ dveṣṭi yathā purā prakṛtibhir na pratyahaṃ sevyate  
śayyāprāntavivartanair vigamayaty unnidra eva kṣapāḥ /  
dākṣiṇyena dadāti vācam ucitām antaḥpurebhyo yadā gotreṣu  
skhalitas tadā bhavati ca vrīḍāvilakṣaś ciram //  
sānumatī priyaṃ me /  
kañcukī asmāt prabhavato vaimanasyād utsavaḥ pratyākhyātaḥ /  
ubhe yujyate / (nepathye)  
etu etu bhavān /

> He hates the things he loved; he intermits  
> The daily audience, nor in judgment sits;  
> Spends sleepless nights in tossing on his bed;  
> At times, when he by courtesy is led  
> To address a lady, speaks another name,  
> Then stands for minutes, sunk in helpless shame.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Mishrakeshi. I am glad to hear it.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Chamberlain. His Majesty's sorrow has forbidden the festival.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> The two maids. It is only right.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> A voice behind the scenes. Follow me.  
> — 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.6.66) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p68) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.185) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.5.778.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit
- [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.3.859) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.128.9) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit

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