<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.23 -->

[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) › 1.23

# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.23

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.23)

mānuṣīṣu kathaṃ vā syād asya rūpasya saṃbhavaḥ /  
na prabhātaralaṃ jyotir udeti vasudhātalāt //  
(śakuntalādhomukhī tiṣṭhati)  
rājā (ātmagatam) labdhāvakāśo me manorathaḥ / kiṃ tu sakhyā parihāsodāhṛtāṃ varaprārthanāṃ śrutvā dhṛtadvaidhībhāvakātaraṃ me manaḥ /  
pri (sasmitaṃ śakuntalāṃ vilokya nāyakābhimukhī bhūtvā)  
punar api vaktukāma ivāryaḥ /

> To beauty such as this  
> No woman could give birth;  
> The quivering lightning flash  
> Is not a child of earth.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (SHAKUNTALA hangs her head in confusion.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (to himself). Ah, my wishes become hopes.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Priyamvada (looking with a smile at SHAKUNTALA). Sir, it seems as if you had more to say. (SHAKUNTALA threatens her friend with her finger.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

- [Previous: 1.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.23b1)
- [Next: 1.23a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.23a5)
- [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.1.130) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p256) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p124) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.4.359.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.23) · Pramāṇa