[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) › 4.6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.6) yāsyaty adya śakuntaleti hṛdayaṃ saṃspṛṣṭam utkaṇṭhayā kaṇṭhaḥ stambhitabāṣpavṛttikaluṣaś cintājaḍaṃ darśanam / vaiklavyaṃ mama tāvad īdṛśam idaṃ snehād araṇyaukasaḥ pīḍyante gṛhiṇaḥ kathaṃ nu tanayāviśleṣaduḥkhair navaiḥ // (iti parikrāmani) sakhyau halā śakuntale avasitamaṇḍanāsi / paridhatsva sāṃprataṃ kṣaumayugalam / (śakuntalotthāya paridhatte) gautamī jāte eṣa te ānandaparivāhiṇā cakṣuṣā pariṣvajamāna iva gurur upasthitaḥ / ācāraṃ tāvat pratipadyasva / > Shakuntala must go to-day; > I miss her now at heart; > I dare not speak a loving word > Or choking tears will start. My eyes are dim with anxious thought; > Love strikes me to the life: > And yet I strove for pious peace-- > I have no child, no wife. What must a father feel, when come > The pangs of parting from his child at home? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (He walks about.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two friends. There, Shakuntala, we have arranged your ornaments. Now put on this beautiful silk dress. (SHAKUNTALA rises and does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Gautami. My child, here is your father. The eyes with which he seems to embrace you are overflowing with tears of joy. You must greet him properly. (SHAKUNTALA makes a shamefaced reverence.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.6b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.6b1) - [Next: 4.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.7b1) - [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.4.84) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p105) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p86) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.5.264.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.6) · Pramāṇa