[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 6.7 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.7 Devanāgarī recension 6.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7) prathamaṃ sāraṅgākṣyā priyayā pratibodhyamānam api suptam / anuśayaduḥkhāya idaṃ hatahṛdayaṃ saṃprati vibuddham // sānumatī nanv īdeśāni tapasvinyā bhāgadheyāni / vidūṣaka (apavārya) laṅghita eṣa bhūyo 'pi śakuntalāvyādhinā / na jāne kathaṃ cikitsitavyo bhaviṣyatīti / kañcukī (upagamya) jayatu jayatu devaḥ / mahārāja pratyavekṣitāḥ pramadavanabhūmayaḥ yathākāmam adhyāstāṃ vinodasthānāni mahārājaḥ / rājā vetravati madvacanād amātyam āryapiśunaṃ brūhi / ciraprabodhān na saṃbhāvitam asmābhir adya dharmāsanam adhyāsitum / yat pratyavekṣitaṃ paurakāryam āryeṇa tat patram āropya dīyatām iti / > Alas! My smitten heart, that once lay sleeping, > Heard in its dreams my fawn-eyed love's laments, > And wakened now, awakens but to weeping, > To bitter grief, and tears of penitence. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. That is the poor girl's fate. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown (to himself). He has got his Shakuntala-sickness again. I wish I knew how to cure him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Chamberlain (advancing). Victory to your Majesty. I have examined the garden. Your Majesty may visit its retreats. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Vetravati, tell the minister Pishuna in my name that a sleepless night prevents me from mounting the throne of judgment. He is to investigate the citizens' business and send me a memorandum. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7b1) - [Next: 6.7a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7a5) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.76) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p78) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p16-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7) · Pramāṇa