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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.14

Devanāgarī recension 7.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14)

ardhapītastanaṃ mātur āmardakliṣṭakesaram /  
prakrīḍituṃ siṃhaśiśuṃ balātkāreṇa karṣati //  
(tataḥ praviśati yathānirdiṣṭakarmā tapasvinībhyāṃ bālaḥ)  
bāla jṛmbhasva siṃha dantāṃs te gaṇayiṣye /

> He drags a struggling lion cub,  
> The lioness' milk half-sucked, half-missed,  
> Towzles his mane, and tries to drub  
> Him tame with small, imperious fist.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (Enter a small boy, as described, and two hermit-women.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Boy. Open your mouth, cub. I want to count your teeth.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.48) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p35) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p6) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.221) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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