[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) › 6.17 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.17 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.17) kāryā saikatalīnahaṃsamithunā srotovahā mālinī pātās tām abhito niṣaṇṇahariṇā gaurīguroḥ pāvanāḥ / śākhālambitavalkalasya ca taror nirmātum icchāmy adhaḥ śṛṅge kṛṣṇamṛgasya vāmanayanaṃ kaṇḍūyamānāṃ mṛgīm // vidūṣaka (ātmagatam) yathāhaṃ paśyāmi pūritavyam anena citraphalakaṃ lambakūrcānāṃ tāpasānāṃ kadambaiḥ / rājā vayasya anyac ca / śakuntalāyāḥ prasādhanam abhipretam atra vismṛtam asmābhiḥ / vidūṣaka kim iva / sānumatī vanavāsasya saukmāryasya vinayasya ca yat sadṛśaṃ bhaviṣyati / > The stream of Malini, and on its sands > The swan-pairs resting; holy foot-hill lands > Of great Himalaya's sacred ranges, where > The yaks are seen; and under trees that bear > Bark hermit-dresses on their branches high, > A doe that on the buck's horn rubs her eye. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown (aside). To hear him talk, I should think he was going to fill up the picture with heavy-bearded hermits. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. And another ornament that Shakuntala loved I have forgotten to paint. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. What? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. Something natural for a girl living in the forest. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.17b1) - [Next: 6.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.18b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.159) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p222) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p150) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.197) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.17) · Pramāṇa