[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) › 5.26 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.26 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.26) tad eṣā bhavataḥ kāntā tyaja vaināṃ gṛhāṇa vā / upapannā hi dāreṣu prabhutā sarvatomukhī // gautami gacchāgrataḥ / (iti prasthitāḥ) śaku katham anena kitavena vipralabdhāsmi / yūyam api māṃ parityajatha / (ity anupratiṣṭhate) gautamī (sthitvā) vatsa śārṅgarava anugacchatīyaṃ khalu naḥ karuṇaparidevinī śakuntalā / pratyādeśaparuṣe bhartari kiṃ vā me putrikā karotu / śārṅg (saroṣaṃ nivṛtya) kiṃ purobhāge svātantryam avalambase / (śakuntalā bhītā vepate) > Leave her or take her, as you will; > She is your wife; > Husbands have power for good or ill > O’er woman's life. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Gautami, lead the way. (They start to go.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. He has deceived me shamelessly. And will you leave me too? (She starts to follow.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Gautami (turns around and sees her). Sharngarava, my son, Shakuntala is following us, lamenting piteously. What can the poor child do with a husband base enough to reject her? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Sharngarava (turns angrily). You self-willed girl! Do you dare show independence? (SHAKUNTALA shrinks in fear.) Listen. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.26b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.26b1) - [Next: 5.27b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.27b1) - [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.5.138) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p111) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.173) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.26) · Pramāṇa