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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.11

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.11)

ramyāntaraḥ kamalinīharitaiḥ sarobhiś  
chāyādrumair niyamitārkamayūkhatāpaḥ /  
bhūyāt kuśeśayarajomṛdureṇur asyāḥ  
śāntānukūlapavanaś ca śivaś ca panthāḥ //  
(sarve savismayam ākarṇayanti)  
gautamī jāte jñātijanasnigdhābhir anujñātagamanāsi tapovanadevatābhiḥ / praṇama bhagavatīḥ /  
śaku (sapraṇāmaṃ parikramya / janāntikam) halā priyaṃvade āryaputradarśanotsukāyā apy āśramapadaṃ parityajantyā duḥkhena me caraṇau purataḥ pravartate /

> May lily-dotted lakes delight your eye;  
> May shade-trees bid the heat of noonday cease;  
> May soft winds blow the lotus-pollen nigh;  
> May all your path be pleasantness and peace.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (All listen in astonishment.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Gautami. My child, the fairies of the pious grove bid you farewell. For they love the household. Pay reverence to the holy ones.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Shakuntala (does so. Aside to PRIYAMVADA). Priyamvada, I long to see my husband, and yet my feet will hardly move. It is hard, hard to leave the hermitage.  
> — 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.4.103) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p140) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p99) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.4.p16) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

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