[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) › 1.28 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.28 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28) vācaṃ na miśrayati yady api madvacobhiḥ karṇaṃ dadāty abhimukhaṃ mayi bhāṣamāṇe / kāmaṃ na tiṣṭhati madānanasaṃmukhīnām bhūyiṣṭham anyaviṣayā na tu dṛṣṭir asyāḥ // (nepathye) > Although she does not speak to me, > She listens while I speak; > Her eyes turn not to see my face, > But nothing else they seek. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28b1) - [Next: 1.29b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.29b1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.161) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p312) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28) · Pramāṇa