[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) › 3.20 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.20 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.20) utsṛjya kusumaśayanaṃ nalinīdalakalpitastanāvaraṇam / katham ātape gamiṣyasi paribādhāpelavair aṅgaiḥ // (iti balād enāṃ nivartayati) śaku paurava rakṣa vinayam / madanasaṃtaptā api na khalv ātmanaḥ prabhavāmi / > Leave not the blossom-dotted couch > To wander in the midday heat, > With lotus-petals on your breast, > With fevered limbs and stumbling feet. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (He lays his hand upon her.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Oh, don't! Don't! For I am not mistress of myself. Yet what can I do now? I had no one to help me but my friends. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.20b1) - [Next: 3.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.21b1) - [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.3.112) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p89) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.113) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.113) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.20) · Pramāṇa