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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.1a0

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.1a0

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a0)

pri yadā nivartituṃ necchati tadā vijñāpito mayā /

> Anusuya. When he would not turn back, I fell at his feet and prayed to him. "Holy sir," I said, "remember her former devotion and pardon this offence. Your daughter did not recognise your great and holy power to-day."  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.26) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p27) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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