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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.21

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.21)

śamam eṣyati mama śokaḥ kathaṃ nu vatse tvayā racitapūrvam /  
uṭajadvāravirūḍhaṃ nīvārabaliṃ vilokayataḥ //  
gaccha / śivās te panthānaḥ santu /

> My lonely sorrow will not go,  
> For seeds you scattered here  
> Before the cottage door, will grow;  
> And I shall see them, dear.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> \[paragraph continues\] Go. And peace go with you. (Exit SHAKUNTALA, With GAUTAMI, SHARNGARAVA, and SHARADVATA.)  
> — 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.4.159) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p249) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

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