[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) › 3.19 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.19 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.19) kiṃ śītalaiḥ klamavinodibhir ārdravātān sañcārayāmi nalinīdalatālavṛntaiḥ / aṅke nidhāya karabhoru yathāsukhaṃ te saṃvāhayāmi caraṇāv uta padmatāṃrau // śaku na mānanīyeṣv ātmānam aparādhayiṣye / (ity utthāya gantum icchati) > Shall I employ the moistened lotus-leaf > To fan away your weariness and grief? > Or take your lily feet upon my knee > And rub them till you rest more easily? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. I will not offend against those to whom I owe honour. (She rises weakly and starts to walk away.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.19b1) - [Next: 3.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.20b1) - [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.3.109) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p86) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.19) · Pramāṇa