[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) › 3.22 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.22 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22) aparikṣatakomalasya yāvat kusumasyeva navasya ṣaṭpadena / adharasya pipāsatā mayā te sadayaṃ sundari gṛhyate raso 'sya // (iti mukham asyāḥ samunnamayitum icchati / śakuntalā pariharati nāṭyena) (nepathye) cakravākavadhuke āmantrayasva sahacaram / upasthitā rajanī / śaku (sasaṃbhramam) paurava asaṃśayaṃ mama śarīravṛttāntopalambhāyāryā gautamī ita evāgacchati / tad viṭapāntarito bhava / > A voice behind the scenes. O sheldrake bride, bid your mate farewell. The night is come. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (listening excitedly). Oh, my dear, this is Mother Gautami, come to inquire about me. Please hide among the branches. (The king conceals himself. Enter GAUTAMI, with a bowl in her hand.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.22b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22b1) - [Next: 3.22a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22a5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.170) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p201) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p132) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p18) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.114) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.114) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.23) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22) · Pramāṇa