[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 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.3 - **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) - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## 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 (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.92) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3) · Pramāṇa