[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) › 3.22a1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.22a1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.22a1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.22a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22a1) śaku (ātmagatam) hṛdaya prthamam eva sukhopanate manorathe kātarabhāvaṃ na muñcasi / sānuśayavighaṭitasya kathaṃ te sāṃprataṃ saṃtāpaḥ / (padāntare sthitvā / prakāśam) latāvalaya saṃtāpahāraka āmantraye tvāṃ bhūyo 'pi paribhogāya / (iti duḥkhena niṣkrāntā śakuntalā sahetarābhiḥ) > Shakuntala (weakly rising. To herself). Oh, my heart, you delayed when your desire came of itself. Now see what you have done. (She takes a step, then turns around. Aloud.) O bower that took away my pain, I bid you farewell until another blissful hour. (Exeunt SHAKUNTALA and GAUTAMI.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.22a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22a0) - [Next: 3.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23b1) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.177) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p221) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p152) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22a1) · Pramāṇa