[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) › 1.16 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.16 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16) yāvad imāṃ chāyām āśritya pratipālayāmi (iti vilokayan sthitaḥ) śakuntalā ita itaḥ sakhyau / anasūyā halā śakuntale tvatto 'pi tātakāśyapasyāśramavṛkṣakāḥ priyatareti tarkayāmi / yena navamālikākusumapelavā api tvam eteṣām ālavālapūraṇe niyuktā / śakuntalā na kevalaṃ tātaniyoga eva / asti me sodarasneho 'py eteṣu / (iti vṛkṣasecanaṃ rūpayati) > \[paragraph continues\] I will draw back into the shade and wait for them. (He stands, gazing toward them. Enter SHAKUNTALA, as described, and her two friends.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > First friend. It seems to me, dear, that Father Kanva cares more for the hermitage trees than he does for you. You are delicate as a jasmine blossom, yet he tells you to fill the trenches about the trees. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Oh, it isn't Father's bidding so much. I feel like a real sister to them. (She waters the trees.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1_2) - [Next: 1.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17b1) - [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.1.45) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p37) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.1.p7) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.34) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16) · Pramāṇa