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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.2-3

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.2-3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.2)

jāne tapaso vīryaṃ sā bālā paravatīti me viditam /  
alam asmi tato hṛdayaṃ tathāpi nedaṃ nivartayitum //  
(madanabādhāṃ nirūpya) bhagavan kusumāyudha tvayā candramasā ca viśvasanīyābhyām atisaṃdhīyate kāmijanasārthaḥ / kutaḥ /

> I know that stern religion's power  
> Keeps guardian watch my maiden o’er;  
> Yet all my heart flows straight to her  
> Like water to the valley-floor.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> \[paragraph continues\] Oh, mighty Love, thine arrows are made of flowers. How can they be so sharp? (He recalls something.) Ah, I understand.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> \[paragraph continues\] Indeed, the moon and thou inspire confidence, only to deceive the host of lovers.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3)

tava kusumaśaratvaṃ śītaraśmitvam indor  
dvayam idam ayathārthaṃ dṛśyate madvidheṣu /  
visṛjati himagarbhair agnim indur mayūkhais  
tvam api kusumabāṇān vajrasārīkaroṣi //  
athavā /  
adya api nūnaṃ harakopavahninas tvayi jvalaty aurva ivāmburāśau /  
tvam anyathā manmatha madvidhānāṃ bhasmāvaśeṣaḥ katham ittham uṣṇaḥ //

> Thy shafts are blossoms; coolness streams  
> From moon-rays: thus the poets sing;  
> But to the lovelorn, falsehood seems  
> To lurk in such imagining;  
> The moon darts fire from frosty beams;  
> Thy flowery arrows cut and sting.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> \[paragraph continues\] And yet  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.6) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p4) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.90) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.90) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.23.23) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit
- [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.121.5) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.14.136) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnākara (Kṛṣṇanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.subhasitaratnakara-krsna.82.7) — Kṛṣṇanātha, Sanskrit
- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.1-2) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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