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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.24

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.24)

tasyāḥ puṣpamayī śarīralulitā śayyā śilāyām iyam  
klānto manmathalekha eṣa nalinīpatre nakhair arpitaḥ /  
hastād bhraṣṭam idaṃ bisābharaṇam ity āsajyamānekṣaṇo  
nirgantuṃ sahasā na vetasagṛhāc chaknomi śūnyād api //

> The flower-strewn bed whereon her body tossed;  
> The bracelet, fallen from her arm and lost;  
> The dear love-missive, in the lotus-leaf  
> Cut by her nails: assuage my absent grief  
> And occupy my eyes--I have no power,  
> Though she is gone, to leave the reedy bower.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.181) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p232) — 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

## 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

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.25) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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