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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.17

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.17)

asmān sādhu vicintya saṃyamadhanān uccaiḥ kulaṃ cātmanas  
tvayy asyāḥ katham apy bāndhavakṛtāṃ snehapravṛttiṃ ca tām /  
sāmānyapratipattipūrvakam iyaṃ dāreṣu dṛśyā tvayā  
bhāgyāyattam ataḥ paraṃ na khalu tadvācyaṃ vadhūbandhubhiḥ //  
śārṅgarava gṛhītaḥ saṃdeśaḥ /  
kāśyapa vatse tvam idānīm anuśāsanīyāsi / vanaukaso 'pi santo laukikajñā vayam /

> Sharngarava. I will not forget your message, Father.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Kanva (turning to SHAKUNTALA). My child, I must now give you my counsel. Though I live in the forest, I have some knowledge of the world.  
> — 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.4.132) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p200) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p126) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.140) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.140) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.5.332.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

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