[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) › 1.25 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.25 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.25) bhava hṛdaya sābhilāṣaṃ saṃprati saṃdeha nirṇayo jātaḥ / āśaṅkase yad agniṃ tad idaṃ sparśakṣamaṃ ratnam // śaku (saroṣam iva) anasūye gamiṣyāmy aham / ana kiṃ nimittam / śaku imām asaṃbaddhapralāpīṃ priyaṃvadām āryāyai gautamyai nivedayiṣyāmi / ana sakhi na yuktam akṛtasatkāram atithiviśeṣaṃ visṛjya svachandato gamanam / > O heart, your wish is won! > All doubt at last is done; > The thing you feared as fire, > Is the jewel of your desire. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (pettishly). Anusuya, I'm going. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya. What for? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. I am going to tell Mother Gautami that Priyamvada is talking nonsense. (She rises.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya. My dear, we hermit people cannot neglect to entertain a distinguished guest, and go wandering about. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.25b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.25b1) - [Next: 1.25a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.25a5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.140) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p274) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p133) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.1.p17) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.53) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.25) · Pramāṇa