[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) › 5.13 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.13 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.13) kā svid avaguṇṭhanavatī nātiparisphuṭaśarīralāvaṇyā / madhye tapodhanānāṃ kisalayam iva pāṇḍupatrāṇām // pratīhārī deva kutūhalagarbhaḥ prahito na me tarkaḥ prasarati / nanu darśanīyā punar asyā ākṛtir lakṣyate / rājā bhavatu / anirvarṇanīyaṃ parakalatram / śaku (hastam urasi kṛtvā / ātmagatam) hṛdaya kim evaṃ vepase / āryaputrasya bhāvam avadhārya dhīraṃ tāvad bhava / > Who is she, shrouded in the veil > That dims her beauty's lustre, > Among the hermits like a flower > Round which the dead leaves cluster? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Portress. Your Majesty, she is well worth looking at. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Enough! I must not gaze upon another's wife. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (laying her hand on her breast. Aside). Oh, my heart, why tremble so? Remember his constant love and be brave. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.13b1) - [Next: 5.13a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.13a5) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.60) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p98) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p49) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p7) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.13) · Pramāṇa