[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) › 4.1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1) vicintayantī yam ananyamānasā tapodhanaṃ vetsi na mām upasthitam / smariṣyati tvāṃ na sa bodhito 'pi san kathāṃ pramattaḥ prathamaṃ kṛtām iva // pri hā dhig ghā dhik / apriyam eva saṃvṛttam / kasminn api pūjārhe 'parāddhā śūnyahṛdayā śakuntalā / (puro 'valokya) na khalu yasmin kasminn api / eṣa durvāsāḥ sulabhakopo maharṣiḥ / tathā śaptvā vegabalotphullayā durvārayā gatyā pratinivṛttaḥ / ana ko 'nyo hutavahād dagdhuṃ prabhavati / gaccha / pādayoḥ praṇamya nivartaya enaṃ yāvad aham arghodakam upakalpayāmi / > Because your heart, by loving fancies blinded, > Has scorned a guest in pious life grown old, > Your lover shall forget you though reminded, > Or think of you as of a story told. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (The two girls listen and show dejection.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. Oh, dear! The very thing has happened. The dear, absent-minded girl has offended some worthy man. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya (looking ahead). My dear, this is no ordinary somebody. It is the great sage Durvasas, the irascible. See how he strides away! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. Nothing burns like fire. Run, fall at his feet, bring him back, while I am getting water to wash his feet. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.1b2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1b2_2) - [Next: 4.1a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a5) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.17) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p18) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.128.4) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1) · Pramāṇa