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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.21a6

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.21a6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.21a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.21a6)

sakhyau (śakuntalāṃ vilokya) hā dhig ghā dhik / antarhitā śakuntalā vanarājyā /

> The two friends (gazing long after her. Mournfully). Oh, oh! Shakuntala is lost among the trees.  
> — 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.4.161) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p252) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

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