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# Abhijnanasakuntalam 3.9

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.9)

pṛṣṭā janena samaduḥkhasukhena bālā  
neyaṃ na vakṣyati manogatam ādhihetum /  
dṛṣṭo vivṛtya bahuśo 'py anayā satṛṣṇam  
atrāntare śravaṇakātaratāṃ gato 'smi //  
śaku sakhi yataḥprabhṛti mama darśanapatham āgataḥ sa tapovanarakṣitā rājarṣiḥ (ity arthokte lajāṃ nāṭayati)  
ubhe kathayatu priyasakhī /

> To friends who share her joy and grief  
> She tells what sorrow laid her here;  
> She turned to look her love again  
> When first I saw her--yet I fear!  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Shakuntala. Ever since I saw the good king who protects the pious grove (She stops and fidgets.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> The two friends. Go on, dear.  
> — 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.3.39) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p22) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.99) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.10) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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