[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) › 1.11 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.11 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.11) tat sādhukṛtasaṃdhānaṃ pratisaṃhara sāyakam / ārtatrāṇāya vaḥ śastraṃ na prahartum anāgasi // rājā eṣa pratisaṃhṛtaḥ (iti yathoktaṃ karoti) > King (bowing low). It is done. (He does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > 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: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.10) - [Next: 1.12b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.12b1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.19) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p39) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p14) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.11) · Pramāṇa