[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) › 1.18 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.18 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18) sarasijam anuviddhaṃ śaivalenāpi ramyam malinam api himāṃśor lakṣma lakṣmīṃ tanoti / iyam adhikamanojñā valkalenāpi tanvī / kim iva hi madhurāṇāṃ maṇḍanaṃ nākṛtīnām // śakuntalā (agrato 'valokya) eṣa vāteritapallavāṅgulībhis tvarayatīva+māṃ kesaravṛkṣakaḥ / yāvad enaṃ saṃbhāvayāmi (iti parikrāmati) priyaṃvadā halā śakuntale atreva+tāvan muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha yāvat tvayopagatayā latāsanātha iva ayaṃ kesaravṛkṣakaḥ pratibhāti / ataḥ khalu priyaṃvadāsi tvam / > The meanest vesture glows > On beauty that enchants: > The lotus lovelier shows > Amid dull water-plants; The moon in added splendour > Shines for its spot of dark; > Yet more the maiden slender > Charms in her dress of bark. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (looking ahead). Oh, girls, that mango-tree is trying to tell me something with his branches that move in the wind like fingers. I must go and see him. (She does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. There, Shakuntala, stand right where you are a minute. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. When I see you there, it looks as if a vine were clinging to the mango-tree. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. I see why they call you the flatterer. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18b1) - [Next: 1.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19b1) - [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.1.58) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p127) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p47) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.36) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.115.3) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18) · Pramāṇa