[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) › 1.31b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.31b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.31b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31b1) rājā mandautsukyo 'smi nagaragamanaṃ prati / yāvad anuyātrikān sametya nātidūre tapovanasya niveśayeyam / na khalu śaknomi śakuntalāvyāpārād ātmānaṃ nivartayitum / mama hi > King (sighing). They are gone. And I must go. The sight of Shakuntala has made me dread the return to the city. I will make my men camp at a distance from the pious grove. But I cannot turn my own thoughts from Shakuntala. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.30\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30_4) - [Next: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31) - [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.1.176) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p332) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p163) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.31b1) · Pramāṇa