The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.18a6
Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.18a6
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.18a6
śaku (pitaram āśliṣya) katham idānīṃ tātasyāṅkāt paribhraṣṭā malayataṭonmūlitā candanalateva deśāntare jīvitaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi /
Shakuntala (throwing her arms about her father). I am torn from my father's breast like a vine stripped from a sandal-tree on the Malabar hills. How can I live in another soil? (She weeps.)
Translations (3)
- Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring — Sir William Jones 1789, English
Commentaries (2)
- Arthadyotanikā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit