[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) › 3.8 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.8 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.8) kṣāmakṣāmakapolam ānanam uraḥ kāṭhinyam uktastanam madhyaḥ klāntataraḥ prakāmavinatāv aṃsau chaviḥ pāṇḍurā / śocyā ca priyadarśanā ca madanakliṣṭeyam ālakṣyate patrāṇām iva śoṣaṇena marutā spṛṣṭā latā mādhavī // śaku sakhi kasya vānyasya kathayiṣyāmi / kiṃtv āyāsayitrīdānīṃ vāṃ bhaviṣyāmi / ubhe ata eva khalu nirbandha / snigdhajanasaṃvibhaktaṃ hi duḥkhaṃ sahyavedanaṃ bhavati / > Her cheeks grow thin; her breast and shoulders fail; > Her waist is weary and her face is pale: > She fades for love; oh, pitifully sweet! > As vine-leaves wither in the scorching heat. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (sighing). I could not tell any one else. But I shall be a burden to you. The two friends. That is why we insist on knowing, dear. Grief must be shared to be endured. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.8b1) - [Next: 3.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.9b1) - [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.3.36) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p19) — 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) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.13.59) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.8) · Pramāṇa