[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) › 1.24 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.24 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.24) vaikhānasaṃ kim anayā vratam āpradānād vyāpārarodhi madanasya niṣevitavyam / atyantam ātmasadṛśekṣaṇavallabhābhir āho nivatsyati sama hariṇāṅganābhi // pri ārya dharmacaraṇe 'pi paravaśo 'yaṃ janaḥ / guroḥ punar asyā anurūpavarapradāne saṃkalpaḥ / > Does she, till marriage only, keep her vow > As hermit-maid, that shames the ways of love? > Or must her soft eyes ever see, as now, > Soft eyes of friendly deer in peaceful grove? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. Sir, we are under bonds to lead a life of virtue. But it is her father's wish to give her to a suitable lover. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.24b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.24b1) - [Next: 1.25b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.25b1) - [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.1.137) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p269) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p131) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.52) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.24) · Pramāṇa