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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.21\_3

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.21\_3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.21\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.21_3)

ubhe tāta śakuntalāvirahitaṃ śūnyam iva tapovanaṃ kathaṃ praviśāvaḥ /

> The two friends. Father, the grove seems empty without Shakuntala.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.163) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p256) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p153) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.145) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.145) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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