[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) › 6.8 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.8 Devanāgarī recension 6.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8) munisutāpraṇayasmṛtirodhinā mama ca muktam idaṃ tamasā manaḥ / manasijena sakhe prahariṣyatā dhanuṣi cūtaśaraś ca niveśitaḥ // vidūṣaka tiṣṭha tāvat / anena daṇḍakakāṣṭhena kandarpabāṇaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi / (iti daṇḍakāṣṭham udyamya cūtāṅkuraṃ pātayitum icchati) > No sooner did the darkness lift > That clouded memory's power, > Than the god of love prepared his bow > And shot the mango-flower. No sooner did the ring recall > My banished maiden dear, > No sooner do I vainly weep > For her, than spring is here. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Wait a minute, man. I will destroy Love's arrow with my stick. (He raises his stick and strikes at the mango branch.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8b1) - [Next: 6.8a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a0) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.86) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p95) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p87) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p17-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8) · Pramāṇa