[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) › 1.17 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.17 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17) idaṃ kilāvyājamanoharaṃ vapus tapaḥkṣamaṃ sādhayituṃ ya icchati / dhruvaṃ sa nīlotpalapatradhārayā śamīlatāṃ chettum ṛṣir vyavasyati // bhavatu / pādapāntarhita eva tāvad enāṃ paśyāmi / (iti tathā karoti) śakuntalā sakhi anasūye atipinaddhena valkalena priyaṃ vadayā niyantritāsmi / śithilaya tāvad etat / anasūyā tathā / (iti śikhilayati) priyaṃvadā (sahāsam) atra payodharavistārayitṛ ātmano yauvanam upālabhasva / māṃ kim upālabhase / > The sage who yokes her artless charm > With pious pain and grief, > Would try to cut the toughest vine > With a soft, blue lotus-leaf. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Well, I will step behind a tree and see how she acts with her friends. (He conceals himself.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Oh, Anusuya! Priyamvada has fastened this bark dress so tight that it hurts. Please loosen it. (ANUSUYA does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada (laughing). You had better blame your own budding charms for that. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17b1) - [Next: 1.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18b1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.51) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p115) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p43) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.1.p8) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17) · Pramāṇa