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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.10

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.10)

smara eva tāpahetur nirvāpayitā sa eva me jātaḥ /  
divasa ivābhraśyāmas tapātyaye jīvalokasya //  
śaku tad yadi vām anumataṃ tathā vartethāṃ yathā tasya rājarṣer anukampanīyā bhavāmi / anyathāvaśyaṃ siñcata me tilodakam /  
rājā saṃśayachedi vacanam /  
priyaṃvadā (janāntikam) anasūye dūragatamanmathākṣameyaṃ kālaharaṇasya /  
yasmin baddhabhāvaiṣā sa lalāmabhūtaḥ pauravāṇām / tad yuktam asyā abhilāṣo 'bhinanditum /

> ’Twas love that caused the burning pain;  
> ’Tis love that eases it again;  
> As when, upon a sultry day,  
> Rain breaks, and washes grief away.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Shakuntala. Then, if you think best, make the good king take pity upon me. If not, remember that I was.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King. Her words end all doubt.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Priyamvada (aside to ANUSUYA). Anusuya, she is far gone in love and cannot endure any delay.  
> — 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.3.45) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p29) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p8) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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