[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) › 4.3a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.3a6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.3a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3a6) anyathā kathaṃ sa rājarṣis tādṛśāni mantrayitvaitāvataḥ kālasya lekhamātram api na visṛjati / > 68 abhijnanasakuntalam | pravisya patiksepega | \* anasuya | jaivi nama visaaparammuhassa janassa etam ga vidisram tahavi tena rassa sauntalae anajjam sracaridam | (1) sisyah | yavadupasthitam homa velam gurave nivedayami | niskantah | anasuya | paड़िbuddha vi kim karistam | na me udesu | (2) N. B. In Babu Bhuban Chandra Basak's edition two more slokas are found here; the last of which is recognised by an authority no less than Mammatha Bhatta, the author of the Kavyaprakasa. The slokas are :- (1) karkandhunamupari tuhinam ranjayatyagrasandhya darbhe muncatyutajapatalam vitanidro mayurah | vedimantat khuravilikhitadutthitasresa sadyah pathadurbhavati harinah khangamayacchamanah || (2) padanyamam citivara gurormurdhni kala sumeroh krantam yena cayitatamasa madhyamam dhama visnoh | so'yam candrah patati gaganadalpa sesermayukhe ratyarunirbhavati mahatanapyapabhramsanistham || These two slokas are put in the mouth of the disciple of the Sage Kanwa. 10 (1) yadyapi nama visayaparanmukhasya janasya etannaviditam tathapi tena raja asakuntalabamanacye macaritam | (D (2) pratibuddhapi kim karisyami | hastapadam prasarati | kama idanom makamo name, ucitesu api nityakaraniyesu bhavatu yena asatyasandhe mane suddhahrdaya sukhi padam karita | athava duvasasah sapa esa vikarayati | anyatha sa rajarsi sadrsani mantrayitva etavantam kalam lekhamatramapi na visrjati | taditah 1 > — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam - [Previous: 4.3a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3a5) - [Next: 4.3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3_2) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (1) - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.4.p7) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3a6) · Pramāṇa