[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) › 1.20 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.20 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.20) asaṃśayaṃ kṣatraparigrahakṣamā yad āryam asyām abhilāṣi me manaḥ / satāṃ hi saṃdehapadeṣu vastuṣu pramāṇam antaḥkaraṇa pravṛttayaḥ // tathāpi tattvata enām upalabhye / śaku (sasaṃbhramam) ambho / salilasekasaṃbhramodgato navamālikām ujjhitvā vadanaṃ me madhukaro 'bhivartate (iti bhramarabādhāṃ rūpayati) > Shakuntala (excitedly). Oh, oh! A bee has left the jasmine-vine and is flying into my face. (She shows herself annoyed by the bee.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.19_2) - [Next: 1.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.21b1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.85) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p160) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.41) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.116.3) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.20) · Pramāṇa