[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) › 3.7a4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.7a4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.7a4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.7a4) priyaṃvadā sakhi śakuntale suṣṭhu eṣā bhaṇati / kim ātmana ātaṅkam upekṣase / anudivasaṃ khalu parihīyase 'ṅgaiḥ / kevalaṃ lāvaṇyamayī chāyā tvāṃ na muñcati / > Priyamvada. Anusuya is right, dear. Why do you hide your trouble? You are wasting away every day. You are nothing but a beautiful shadow. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.7a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.7a3) - [Next: 3.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.8b1) - [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.3.34) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p61) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p17) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.98) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.98) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.8-2) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.7a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.7a4) · Pramāṇa