[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) › 3.17 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.17 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.17) idam ananyaparāyaṇam anyathā hṛdayasaṃnihite hṛdayaṃ mama / yadi samarthayase madirekṣaṇe madanabāṇahato 'smi hataḥ punaḥ // ana vayasya bahuvallabhā rājānaḥ śrūyante / yathā nau priyasakhī bandhujanaśocanīyā na bhavati tathā nirvāhaya / > Bewitching eyes that found my heart, > You surely see > It could no longer live apart, > Nor faithless be. > I bear Love's arrows as I can; > Wound not with doubt a wounded man. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya. But, your Majesty, we hear that kings have many favourites. You must act in such a way that our friend may not become a cause of grief to her family. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.17b1) - [Next: 3.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.18b1) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.90) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p67) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.110) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.110) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.17) · Pramāṇa