[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) › 3.6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.6) abnyunnatā purastād avagāḍhā jaghanagauravāt paścāt / dvāre 'sya pāṇḍusikate padapaṅktir dṛśyate 'bhinavā // yāvad viṭapāntareṇāvalokayāmi / (parikramya tathā kṛtvā / saharṣam) aye labdhaṃ netranirvāṇam / eṣā me manorathapriyatamā sakusumāstaraṇaṃ śilāpaṭṭam adhiśayānā sakhībhyām anvāsyate / bhavatu /śroṣyāmy āsāṃ viśrambhakathitāni / (iti vilokayan sthitaḥ) (tataḥ praviśati yathoktavyāpārā saha sakhībhyāṃ śakuntalā) sakhyau (upavījya / sasneham) halā śakuntare api sukhayati nalinīpatravātaḥ / > In white sand at the door > Fresh footprints appear, > The toe lightly outlined, > The heel deep and clear. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] I will hide among the branches, and see what happens. (He does so. Joyfully.) Ah, my eyes have found their heaven. Here is the darling of my thoughts, lying upon a flower-strewn bench of stone, and attended by her two friends. I will hear what they say to each other. (He stands gazing. Enter SHAKUNTALA with her two friends.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two friends (fanning her). Do you feel better, dear, when we fan you with these lotus-leaves? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.5a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.5a5) - [Next: 3.6a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.6a5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.20) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p28) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p5) — Sir William Jones 1789, 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) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.mahasubhasitasangraha.2403) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.6) · Pramāṇa