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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.13

Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.13)

karaṃ vihāyāsi nimagnam ambhasi /  
athavā /  
acetanaṃ nāma guṇaṃ na lakṣayen  
mayaiva kasmād avadhīritā priyā //  
vidūṣaka (ātmagatam) kathaṃ bubhukṣayā khāditavyo 'smi /  
rājā priye akāraṇaparityāgānuśayataptahṛdayas tāvad anukampyatām ayaṃ janaḥ punardarśanena /  
(praviśyāpaṭīkṣepeṇa citraphalakahastā)  
caturikā iyaṃ citragatā bhaṭṭinī / (iti citraphalakaṃ darśayati)

> \[paragraph continues\] And yet  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Things lifeless know not beauty;  
> But I--I scorned my duty,  
> The sweetest task of all.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Clown. But that is no reason why I should starve to death.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (not heeding). O my darling, my heart burns with repentance because I abandoned you without reason. Take pity on me. Let me see you again. (Enter a maid with a tablet.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Maid. Your Majesty, here is the picture of our lady. (She produces the tablet.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.132) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p129) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.193) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.220.p2) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit

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