[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) › 7.15 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.15 Devanāgarī recension 7.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.15) rājā hamatas tejaso bījaṃ bālo 'yaṃ pratibhāti me / sphuliṅgāvasthayā vahnir edhāpakṣa iva sthitaḥ // prathamā vatsa enaṃ bālamṛgendraṃ muñca / aparaṃ te krīḍanakaṃ dāsyāmi / bāla kutra / dehy etat / (iti hastaṃ prasārayati) > King (in surprise). > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The boy is seed of fire > Which, when it grows, will burn; > A tiny spark that soon > To awful flame may turn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > First woman. Let the little lion go, dear. I will give you another plaything. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Where is it? Give it to me. (He stretches out his hand.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.15b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.15b1) - [Next: 7.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16b1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.55) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p42) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p15-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.15) · Pramāṇa