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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.7

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.7)

stananyastośīraṃ praśithilamṛṇālaikavalayam  
priyāyāḥ sābādhaṃ kim api kamanīyaṃ vapur idam /  
samas tāpaḥ kāmaṃ manasijanidāghaprasarayor  
na tu grīṣmasyaivaṃ subhagam aparādhaṃ yuvatiṣu //  
priyaṃvadā (janāntikam) anasūye tasya rājarṣeḥ prathamadarśanārabhya paryutsukeva śakuntalā / kiṃ nu khalv asyās tannimitto 'yam ātaṅko bhavet /  
ana sakhi mama apīdṛśy āśaṅkā hṛdayasya / bhavatu / pravakṣyāmi tāvad enām (prakāśam) / sakhi praṣṭavyāsi kim api / balavān khalu te saṃtāpaḥ /  
śaku (pūrvārdhena śayanād utthāya) halā kiṃ vaktukāmāsi /

> With salve upon her breast,  
> With loosened lotus-chain,  
> My darling, sore oppressed,  
> Is lovely in her pain. Though love and summer heat  
> May work an equal woe,  
> No maiden seems so sweet  
> When summer lays her low.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Priyamvada (aside to ANUSUYA). Anusuya, since she first saw the good king, she has been greatly troubled. I do not believe her fever has any other cause.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Anusuya. I suspect you are right. I am going to ask her. My dear, I must ask you something. You are in a high fever.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Shakuntala (half rising.) Well, say whatever you like.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.25) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p46) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p10) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p5) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, 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 (2)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.13.32) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.8.p1) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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