[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) › 4.22 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.22 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.22) artho hi kanyā parakīya eva tām adya saṃpreṣya parigrahītuḥ / jāto mamāyaṃ viśadaḥ prakāmaṃ pratyarpitanyāsa ivāntarātmā // (iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve) > A girl is held in trust, another's treasure; > To arms of love my child to-day is given; > And now I feel a calm and sacred pleasure; > I have restored the pledge that came from heaven. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (Exeunt omnes.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [4.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.22.p1) iti caturtho 'ṅkaḥ / ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.165) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p262) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p155) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.22) · Pramāṇa