[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) › 6.19 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.19 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.19) eṣā kusumaniṣaṇṇā tṛṣitā api satī bhavantam anuraktā / pratipālayati madhukarī na khalu madhu vinā tvayā pibati // sānumatī adyābhijātaṃ khalv eṣa vāritaḥ / vidūṣaka pratiṣiddhā api vāmaiṣā jātiḥ / > Your faithful, loving queen, > Perched on a flower, athirst, > Is waiting for you still, > Nor tastes the honey first. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. A gentlemanly way to drive him off! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. This kind are obstinate, even when you warn them. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.19b1) - [Next: 6.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.20b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.170) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p242) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p159) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p32-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.199) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.19) · Pramāṇa