[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) › [The Recognition of Śakuntalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 1.10 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.10 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.10) na khalu na khalu bāṇaḥ saṃnipātyo 'yam asmin mṛduni mṛgaśarīre puṣparāśāv+ivāgniḥ / kva bata hariṇakānāṃ jīvitaṃ cātilolaṃ kva ca niśitanipātā vajrasārāḥ śarās te // > Why should his tender form expire, > As blossoms perish in the fire? > How could that gentle life endure > The deadly arrow, sharp and sure? Restore your arrow to the quiver; > To you were weapons lent > The broken-hearted to deliver, > Not strike the innocent. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.10b1) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.18) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p38) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.10) · Pramāṇa