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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.22a0

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.22a0

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.22a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a0)

śaku (ātmagatam) kiṃ nu khalv imaṃ prekṣya tapovanavirodhino vikārasya gamanīyāsmi saṃvṛttā /

> Shakuntala (to herself). Oh, why do I have such feelings when I see this man? They seem wrong in a hermitage.  
> — 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.1.105) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p203) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p96) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (2)

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

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