[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) › [Abhijnanasakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 3.13 # Abhijnanasakuntalam 3.13 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.13) unnamitaikabhrūlatam ānanam asyāḥ padāni racayantyāḥ / kaṇṭakitena prathayati may anurāgaṃ kapolena // śaku halā cintitaṃ mayā gītavastu / asaṃnihitāni punar lekhanasādhanāni / pri etasmiñ śukodarasukumāre nalinīpatre nakhair nikṣiptavarṇaṃ kuru / > How beautiful the movement of her brow, > As through her mind love's tender fancies flow! > And, as she weighs her thoughts, how sweet to trace > The ardent passion mantling in her face! > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > \[S'\]AKOONTALÁ. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > Dear girls, I have thought of a verse, but I have no writing-materials at hand. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > PRIYAMVADÁ. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > Write the letters with your nail on this lotus-leaf, which is smooth as a parrot's breast. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring - [Previous: 3.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.13b1) - [Next: 3.13a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.13a5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (2) - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p124) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p11) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.104) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.4.12.39) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.13) · Pramāṇa