[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) › 4.14 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.14 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.14) yasya tvayā vraṇaviropaṇam iṅgudīnām tailaṃ nyaṣicyata mukhe kuśasūcividdhe / śyāmākamuṣṭiparivardhitako jahāti so 'yaṃ na putrakṛtakaḥ padavīṃ mṛgas te // śaku vatsa kiṃ sahavāsaparityāginīṃ mām anusarasi / aciraprasūtayā jananyā vinā vardhita eva / idānīm api mayā virahitaṃ tvāṃ tātaś cintayiṣyati / nivartasva tāvat / (iti rudatī prasthitā) > It is the fawn whose lip, when torn > By kusha-grass, you soothed with oil; > The fawn who gladly nibbled corn > Held in your hand; with loving toil > You have adopted him, and he > Would never leave you willingly. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. My dear, why should you follow me when I am going away from home? Your mother died when you were born and I brought you up. Now I am leaving you, and Father Kanva will take care of you. Go back, dear! Go back! (She walks away, weeping.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.14b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.14b1) - [Next: 4.15b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.15b1) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.122) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p178) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p118) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.138) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.138) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.82.26) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.4.17) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.14) · Pramāṇa