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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.15\_2

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.15\_2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.15_2)

śaku (janāntikam) halā paśya / nalinīpatrāntaritam api sahacaram apaśyanty āturā cakravākyy aṭati duṣkaram ahaṃ karomīti /

> Anusuya. My dear, there is not a living thing in the whole hermitage that is not grieving to-day at saying good-bye to you. Look!  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> The sheldrake does not heed his mate  
> Who calls behind the lotus-leaf;  
> He drops the lily from his bill  
> And turns on you a glance of grief.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.128) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p189) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p124) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.139) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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