[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) › 6.9 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.9 Devanāgarī recension 6.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.9) itaḥ pratyādeśāt svajanam anugantuṃ vyavasitā sthitā tiṣṭha ity uccair vadati guruśiṣye gurusame / punar dṛṣṭiṃ bāṣpaprasarakaluṣām arpitavatī mayi krūre yat tat saviṣam iva śalyaṃ dahati mām // sānumatī aho / īdṛśī svakāryaparatā / asya saṃtāpenāhaṃ rame / vidūṣaka bhoḥ asti me tarkaḥ kenāpi tatrabhavatyākāśacāriṇī nīteti / rājā kaḥ patidevatām anyaḥ parāmarṣṭum utsaheta / menakā kila sakhyās te janmapratiṣṭheti śrutavān asmi / tatsahacāriṇībhiḥ sakhī te hṛteti me hṛdayam āśaṅkate / sānumatī saṃmohaḥ khalu vismayanīyo na pratibodhaḥ / > When I denied her, then she tried > To join her people. "Stay," one cried, > Her father's representative. > She stopped, she turned, she could but give > A tear-dimmed glance to heartless me-- > That arrow burns me poisonously. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. How his fault distresses him! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Well, I don't doubt it was some heavenly being that carried her away. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Who else would dare to touch a faithful wife? Her friends told me that Menaka was her mother. My heart persuades me that it was she, or companions of hers, who carried Shakuntala away. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. His madness was wonderful, not his awakening reason. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.9b1) - [Next: 6.9a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.9a5) - [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.6.100) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p127) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p103) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p19-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.9) · Pramāṇa