The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.18

Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.18

Language: Sanskrit

5.18

mūrchanty amī vikārāḥ prāyeṇaiśvaryamatteṣu //
rā viśeṣeṇādhikṣipto 'smi /
gautamī jāte muhhūrtaṃ mā lajjasva / apaneṣyāmi tāvat te 'vaguṇṭhanam / tatas tvāṃ bhartābhijñāsyati /

O drunk with power! We might have known
That you were steeped in treachery.
Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

King. A stinging rebuke!
Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

Gautami (to SHAKUNTALA). Forget your shame, my child. I will remove your veil. Then your husband will recognise you. (She does so.)
Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

Translations (3)

Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring — Sir William Jones 1789, English
Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

Commentaries (1)

Arthadyotanikā — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit