[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) › 4.3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3) antarhite śaśini saiva kumudvatī me vṛṣṭiṃ na nandayati saṃsmaraṇīyaśobhā / iṣṭapravāsajanitāny abalājanasya duḥkhāni nūnam atimātrasuduḥsahāni // (praviśyāpaṭīkṣepeṇa) ana yady api nāma viṣayaparāṅmukhasya janasyaitan na viditaṃ tathāpi tena rājñā śakuntalāyām anāryam ācaritam / śiṣya yāvad upasthitā homavelāṃ gurave nivedayāmi / (iti niṣkrāntaḥ) > Night-blooming lilies, when the moon is hidden, > Have naught but memories of beauty left. > Hard, hard to bear! Her lot whom heaven has bidden > To live alone, of love and lover reft. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya (entering hurriedly. To herself). That is just what happens to the innocent. Shakuntala has been treated shamefully by the king. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Pupil. I will tell Father Kanva that the hour of morning sacrifice is come. (Exit.) > — 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: 4.3a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3a5) - [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.4.38) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p8) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p38) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.125) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3) · Pramāṇa