[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) › 4.9 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.9 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.9) pātuṃ na prathamaṃ vyavasyati jalaṃ yuṣmāsv apīteṣu yā nādatte priyamaṇḍanā api bhavatāṃ snehena yā pallavam / ādye vaḥ kusumaprasūtisamaye yasyā bhavaty utsavaḥ seyaṃ yāti śakuntalā patigṛhaṃ sarvair anujñāyatām // > She would not drink till she had wet > Your roots, a sister's duty, > Nor pluck your flowers; she loves you yet > Far more than selfish beauty. ’Twas festival in her pure life > When budding blossoms showed; > And now she leaves you as a wife-- > Oh, speed her on her road! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.9b1) - [Next: 4.9a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.9a5) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.99) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p136) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.133) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.9) · Pramāṇa