[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) › 4.20 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.20 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.20) gautamī jāte parihīyate gamanavelā / nivartaya pitaram / athavā cireṇa api punaḥ punar eṣaivaṃ mantrayiṣyate / nivartatāṃ bhavān / kāśyapa vatse uparudhyate tapo 'nuṣṭhānam / śaku (bhūyaḥ pitaram āśliṣya+tapaścaraṇapīḍitaṃ tātaśarīram / tan mātimātraṃ mama kṛta utkaṇṭhasva / > Gautami. My child, the hour of your departure is slipping by. Bid your father turn back. No, she would never do that. Pray turn back, sir. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kanva. Child, you interrupt my duties in the pious grove. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Yes, Father. You will be busy in the grove. You will not miss me. But oh! I miss you. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4_2) - [Next: 4.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.21b1) - [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.4.155) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p242) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p146) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.20) · Pramāṇa