[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) › 1.27 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.27 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27) srastāṃsāv atimātralohitatalau bāhū ghaṭotkṣepaṇād adya api stanavepathuṃ janayati śvāsaḥ pramāṇādhikaḥ / baddhaṃ karṇaśirīṣarodhi vadane dharmāmbhasāṃ jālakaṃ bandhe sraṃsini caikahastayamitāḥ paryākulā mūrdhajāḥ // tad aham enām anṛṇāṃ karomi (iti aṅgulīyaṃ dātum icchati) (ubhe nāmamudrākṣarāṇy anuvācya parasparam avalokayataḥ) rājā alam asmān anyathā saṃbhāvya / rājñaḥ parigraho 'yam iti rājapuruṣaṃ mām avagacchatha / pri tena hi nārhaty aṅgulīyakam aṅgulīviyogam / āryasya vacanenānṛṇedānīm eṣā / (kiṃcid vihasya) halā śakuntale mocitāsy anukampināryeṇa / athavā mahārājena / gacchedānīm / > Her shoulders droop; her palms are reddened yet; > Quick breaths are struggling in her bosom fair; > The blossom o’er her ear hangs limply wet; > One hand restrains the loose, dishevelled hair. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] I therefore remit her debt. (He gives the two friends a ring. They take it, read the name engraved on it, and look at each other.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Make no mistake. This is a present--from the king. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. Then, sir, you ought not to part with it. Your word is enough to remit the debt. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya. Well, Shakuntala, you are set free by this kind gentleman--or rather, by the king himself. Where are you going now? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.27b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27b1) - [Next: 1.27a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27a5) - [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.1.152) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p298) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p145) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.54) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27) · Pramāṇa