[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) › 3.3-4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.3-4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.3-4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3) tava kusumaśaratvaṃ śītaraśmitvam indor dvayam idam ayathārthaṃ dṛśyate madvidheṣu / visṛjati himagarbhair agnim indur mayūkhais tvam api kusumabāṇān vajrasārīkaroṣi // athavā / adya api nūnaṃ harakopavahninas tvayi jvalaty aurva ivāmburāśau / tvam anyathā manmatha madvidhānāṃ bhasmāvaśeṣaḥ katham ittham uṣṇaḥ // > Thy shafts are blossoms; coolness streams > From moon-rays: thus the poets sing; > But to the lovelorn, falsehood seems > To lurk in such imagining; > The moon darts fire from frosty beams; > Thy flowery arrows cut and sting. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Oh, mighty Love, thine arrows are made of flowers. How can they be so sharp? (He recalls something.) Ah, I understand. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Indeed, the moon and thou inspire confidence, only to deceive the host of lovers. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] And yet > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.4) aniśam api makaraketur manaor rujam āvahann abhimato me / yadi madirāyatanayanāṃ tām adhikṛtya praharatīti // (sakhedaṃ parikramya) kva nu khalu saṃsthite karmaṇi sadasyair anujñātaḥ khinnam ātmānaṃ vinodayāmi / (niḥśvasya) kiṃ nu khalu me priyādarśanād ṛte śaraṇam anyat / yāvad enām anviṣyāmi / (sūryam avalokya) imām ugrātapavelāṃ prāyeṇa latāvalayavatsu mālinītīreṣu sasakhījanā śakuntalā gamayati / tatraiva tāvad gacchāmi / (parikramya saṃsparśaṃ rūpayitvā) aho pravātasubhago 'yam uddeśaḥ / > If Love will trouble her > Whose great eyes madden me, > I greet him unafraid, > Though wounded ceaselessly. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] I have driven off the powers of evil, and the hermits have dismissed me. Where shall I go now to rest from my weariness? (He sighs.) There is no rest for me except in seeing her whom I love. (He looks up.) She usually spends these hours of midday heat with her friends on the vine-wreathed banks of the Malini. I will go there. (He walks and looks about.) I believe the slender maiden has just passed through this corridor of young trees. For > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] (He feels a breeze stirring.) This is a pleasant spot, with the wind among the trees. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.10) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p6) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.92) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.92) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.mahasubhasitasangraha.1411) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.23.23) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.121.5) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.14.136) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnākara (Kṛṣṇanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.subhasitaratnakara-krsna.82.7) — Kṛṣṇanātha, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.4) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3-4) · Pramāṇa