[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) › 1.31 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.31 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31) gacchati puraḥ śarīraṃ dhāvati paścād asaṃstutaṃ cetaḥ / cīnāṃśukam iva ketoḥ prativātaṃ nīyamānasya // (iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve) > It is my body leaves my love, not I; > My body moves away, but not my mind; > For back to her my struggling fancies fly > Like silken banners borne against the wind. (Exit.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [1.31.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31.p1) (prathamo 'ṅkaḥ) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.177) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p334) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.61) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.17.27x491x) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31) · Pramāṇa