[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) › 5.19 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.19 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.19) idam upanatam evaṃ rūpam akliṣṭakānti prathamaparigṛhītaṃ syān na vety avyavasyan / bhramara iva vibhāte kundam antastuṣāram na ca khalu parobhoktuṃ nāpi śaknomi hātum // (iti vicārayan sthitaḥ) pratīhārī (svagatam) aho dharmāpekṣitā bhartuḥ / īdṛśaṃ nāma sukhopanataṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭā ko 'nyo vicārayati / > As my heart ponders whether I could ever > Have wed this woman that has come to me > In tortured loveliness, as I endeavour > To bring it back to mind, then like a bee That hovers round a jasmine flower at dawn, > While frosty dews of morning still o’erweave it, > And hesitates to sip ere they be gone, > I cannot taste the sweet, and cannot leave it. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Portress (to herself). What a virtuous king he is! Would any other man hesitate when he saw such a pearl of a woman coming of her own accord? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.19b1) - [Next: 5.19a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.19a5) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.97) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p79) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.165) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.19) · Pramāṇa