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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.5

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.5)

śakyam aravindasurabhiḥ kaṇavāhī mālinītaraṅgāṇām /  
aṅgair anaṅgataptair aviralam āliṅgituṃ pavanaḥ //

> Limbs that love's fever seizes,  
> Their fervent welcome pay  
> To lotus-fragrant breezes  
> That bear the river-spray.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.18) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p24) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.93) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.93) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.6) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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