[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) › 4.18 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.18 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.18) śuśrūṣasva gurūn kuru priyasakhīvṛttiṃ sapatnījane bhartṛviprakṛtā api roṣaṇatayā mā sma pratīpaṃ gamaḥ / bhūyiṣṭhaṃ bhava dakṣiṇā parijane bhāgyeṣv anutsekinī yānty evaṃ gṛhiṇīpadaṃ yuvatayo vāmāḥ kulasyādhayaḥ // kathaṃ vā gautamī manyate / gau etāvān vadhhūjanasyopadeśaḥ / jāte etat khalu sarvam avadhāraya / kāśyapa vatse pariṣvajasva māṃ sakhījanaṃ ca / śaku tāta ita eva kiṃ priyaṃvadānasūye sakhyau nivartiṣyete / > Obey your elders; and be very kind > To rivals; never be perversely blind > And angry with your husband, even though he > Should prove less faithful than a man might be; > Be as courteous to servants as you may, > Not puffed with pride in this your happy day: > Thus does a maiden grow into a wife; > But self-willed women are the curse of life. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] But what does Gautami say? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Gautami. This is advice sufficient for a bride. (To SHAKUNTALA.) You will not forget, my child. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kanva. Come, my daughter, embrace me and your friends. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Oh, Father! Must my friends turn back too? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.18b1) - [Next: 4.18a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.18a5) - [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.4.136) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p209) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p130) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.141) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.3.114) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.22.4) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.18) · Pramāṇa