[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) › 3.23 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.23 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23) muhur aṅgulisaṃvṛtādharauṣṭhaṃ pratiṣedhākṣaraviklavābhirāmam / mukham aṃsavivarti pakṣmalākṣyāḥ katham apy unnamitaṃ na cumbitaṃ tu // kva nu khalu saṃprati gacchāmi / athavā ihaiva priyāparibhuktamukte latāvalaye muhūrtaṃ sthāsyāmi / (sarvato 'valokya) > Her face, adorned with soft eye-lashes, > Adorable with trembling flashes > Of half-denial, in memory lingers; > The sweet lips guarded by her fingers, > The head that drooped upon her shoulder-- > Why was I not a little bolder? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Where shall I go now? Let me stay a moment in this bower where my beloved lay. (He looks about.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23b1) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.24) - [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.3.179) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p229) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p20) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23) · Pramāṇa