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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.13a1

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.13a1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.13a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.13a1)

śaku (gatibhaṅgaṃ rūpayitvā) ko nu khalv eṣa nivasane me sajjate / (iti parāvartate )

> Shakuntala (stumbling). Oh, oh! Who is it that keeps pulling at my dress, as if to hinder me? (She turns round to see.)  
> — 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.4.120) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p115) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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