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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.25

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.25)

sāyaṃtane sadanakarmaṇi saṃpravṛtte  
vediṃ hutāśanavatīṃ paritaḥ prayastāḥ /  
chāyāś caranti bahudhā bhayam ādadhānāḥ  
saṃdhyāpayodakapiśāḥ piśitāśanānām //  
rājā ayam aham āgacchāmi / (iti niṣkrāntaḥ)

> The flames rise heavenward from the evening altar;  
> And round the sacrifices, blazing high,  
> Flesh-eating demons stalk, like red cloud-masses,  
> And cast colossal shadows on the sky.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (listens. Resolutely), Have no fear, hermits. I am here.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (Exit.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

### [3.25.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.25.p1)

tṛtīyo 'ṅkaḥ /

## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.185) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p235) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p156) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p20) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.118) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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