[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) › 1.19 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.19 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19) adharaḥ kisalayarāgaḥ komalaviṭapānukāriṇau bāhū / kusumam iva lobhanīyaṃ yauvanam aṅgeṣu saṃnaddham // anasūyā halā śakuntale iyaṃ svayaṃ varavadhūḥ sahakārasya tvayā kṛtanāmadheyā vanajyotsneti navamālikā / enāṃ vismṛtāsi / śakuntalā tad ātmānam api vismariṣyāmi / (latām upetyāvalokya ca) halā ramaṇīye khalu kāla etasya latāpādapamithunasya vyatikaraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / navakusumayauvanā vanajyotsnā snigdhapallavatayopabhogakṣamaḥ sahakāraḥ / (iti paśyantī tiṣṭhati) priyaṃvadā anasūye jānāsi kiṃ śakuntalā vanajyotsnām atimātraṃ paśyatīti / anasūyā na khalu vibhāvayāmi / kathaya / > Her arms are tender shoots; her lips > Are blossoms red and warm; > Bewitching youth begins to flower > In beauty on her form. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya. Oh, Shakuntala! Here is the jasmine-vine that you named Light of the Grove. She has chosen the mango-tree as her husband. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (approaches and looks at it, joyfully). What a pretty pair they make. The jasmine shows her youth in her fresh flowers, and the mango-tree shows his strength in his ripening fruit. (She stands gazing at them.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada (smiling). Anusuya, do you know why Shakuntala looks so hard at the Light of the Grove? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya. No. Why? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19b1) - [Next: 1.19a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19a5) - [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.1.65) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p141) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p54) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.1.p9) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.39) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.1048) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19) · Pramāṇa