[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) › 1.26 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.26 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.26) anuyāsyan munitanayāṃ sahasā vinayena vāritaprasaraḥ / sthānād anuccalann api gatveva+punaḥ pratinivṛttaḥ // pri (śakuntalāṃ nirudhya) halā na te yuktaṃ gantum / śaku (sabhrūbhaṅgam) kiṃ nimittam / pri vṛkṣasecane dve dārayasi me / ehi tāvat / ātmānaṃ mocayitvā tato gamiṣyasi (iti balād enāṃ nivartayati) > Though nurture, conquering nature, holds > Me back, it seems > As had I started and returned > In waking dreams. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada (approaching SHAKUNTALA). You dear, peevish girl! You mustn't go. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (turns with a frown). Why not? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. You owe me the watering of two trees. You can go when you have paid your debt. (She forces her to come back.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.26b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.26b1) - [Next: 1.27b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27b1) - [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.1.147) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p287) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p140) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.26) · Pramāṇa