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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.11

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.11)

idam aśiśirair antastāpād vivarṇam aṇīkṛtam  
niśi niśi bhujanyastāpāṅgaprasāribhir aśrubhiḥ /  
alabhilulitajyāghātāṅkaṃ muhur maṇibandhanāt  
kanakavalayaṃ srastaṃ srastaṃ mayā pratisāryate //

> The hot tears, flowing down my cheek  
> All night on my supporting arm  
> And on its golden bracelet, seek  
> To stain the gems and do them harm, The bracelet slipping o’er the scars  
> Upon the wasted arm, that show  
> My deeds in hunting and in wars,  
> All night is moving to and fro.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.53) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p104) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, 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

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.14.73) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit

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