[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) › 7.16 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.16 Devanāgarī recension 7.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16) pralobhyavastupraṇayaprasārito vibhāti jālagrathitāṅguliḥ karaḥ / alakṣyapatrāntaram iddharāgayā navoṣasā bhinnam ivaikapaṅkajam // dvitīyā suvrate na śakya eṣa vācāmātreṇa viramayitum / gaccha tvam / madīya uṭaje mārkaṇḍeyasya+ṛṣikumārasya varṇacitrito mṛttikāmayūras tiṣṭhati / tam asyopahara / prathamā tathā / (iti niṣkrāntā) > Between the eager fingers grow > The close-knit webs together drawn, > Like some lone lily opening slow > To meet the kindling blush of dawn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Second woman. Suvrata, we can't make him stop by talking. Go. In my cottage you will find a painted clay peacock that belongs to the hermit-boy Mankanaka. Bring him that. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > First woman. I will. (Exit.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16b1) - [Next: 7.16a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16a5) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.60) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p47) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.16) · Pramāṇa