[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) › 4.12 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.12 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.12) udgalitadarbhakavalā mṛgyaḥ parityaktanartanā mayūrāḥ / apasṛtapāṇḍupatrā muñcanty aśrūṇīva latāḥ // śaku (smṛtvā) tāta latābhaginīṃ vanajyotsnāṃ tāvad āmantrayiṣye / kāśyapa avaimi te tasyāṃ sodaryāsneham / iyaṃ tāvad dakiṣiṇena / śaku (upetya latām āliṅgya) vanajyotsne cūtasaṃgatā api māṃ pratyāliṅgetogatābhiḥ śākhābāhābhiḥ / adyaprabhṛti dūraparivartinī te khalu bhaviṣyāmi / > The grass drops from the feeding doe; > The peahen stops her dance; > Pale, trembling leaves are falling slow, > The tears of clinging plants. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (recalling something). Father, I must say good-bye to the spring-creeper, my sister among the vines. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kanva. I know your love for her. See! Here she is at your right hand. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (approaches the vine and embraces it). Vine sister, embrace me too with your arms, these branches. I shall be far away from you after to-day. Father, you must care for her as you did for me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.12b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.12b1) - [Next: 4.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.13b1) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.108) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p149) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p105) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.4.p17) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.136) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.12) · Pramāṇa