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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.30\_3

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.30\_3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.30\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30_3)

śaku anasūye abhinavakuśasūcyā parīkṣataṃ caraṇaṃ kurabakaśākhāparilagnaṃ ca valkalam / tāvat paripālayata māṃ yāvad etan mocayāmi /

> Shakuntala. Anusuya, my foot is cut on a sharp blade of grass, and my dress is caught on an amaranth twig. Wait for me while I loosen it. (She casts a lingering glance at the king, and goes out with her two friends.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.175) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p329) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p162) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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