[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) › 5.23 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.23 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.23) mayy eva vismaraṇadāruṇacittavṛttau vṛttaṃ rahaḥ praṇayam apratipadyamāne / bhedād bhruvoḥ kuṭilayor atilohitākṣyā bhagnaṃ śarāsanam ivātiruṣā smarasya // (prakāśam) bhadre prathitaṃ duṣyantasya caritam / tathāpīdaṃ na dṛśyate / śaku suṣṭhu tāvad atra svacchandacāriṇī kṛtāsmi yāham asya puruvaṃśapratyayena mukhamadhor hṛdayaviṣasya hastābhyāsam upagatā / > When I refused but now > Hard-heartedly, to know > Of love or secret vow, > Her eyes grew red; and so, > Bending her arching brow, > She fiercely snapped Love's bow. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] (Aloud.) My good girl, Dushyanta's conduct is known to the whole kingdom, but not this action. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Well, well. I had my way. I trusted a king, and put myself in his hands. He had a honey face and a heart of stone. (She covers her face with her dress and weeps.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.23b1) - [Next: 5.24b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.24b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.126) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p217) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p102) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.23) · Pramāṇa