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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.22

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22)

kaḥ paurave vasumatīṃ śāsati śāsitari durvinītānām /  
ayam ācaraty avinayaṃ mugdhāsu tapasvikanyāsu //  
(sarvā rājānaṃ dṛṣṭā kiṃcid iva saṃbhrāntāḥ)  
anasūyā āryaṇ na khalu kim apy atyāhitam / iyaṃ nau priyasakhī madhukareṇābhibhūyamānā kātarībhūtā / (iti śakuntalāṃ darśayati)  
rājā (śakuntalābhimukho bhūtvā) api tapo vardhate /  
(śakuntalā sādhvasād avacanā tiṣṭhati)

> A king of Puru's mighty line  
> Chastises shameless churls;  
> What insolent is he who baits  
> These artless hermit-girls?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (The girls are a little flurried on seeing the king.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Anusuya. It is nothing very dreadful, sir. But our friend (indicating SHAKUNTALA) was teased and frightened by a bee.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (to SHAKUNTALA). I hope these pious days are happy ones. (SHAKUNTALA'S eyes drop in embarrassment.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.95) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p184) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p83) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.45) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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