[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) › 6.24 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.24 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.24) saṃropite 'py ātmani dharmapatnī tyaktā mayā nāma kulapratiṣṭhā / kalpiṣyamāṇā mahate phalāya vasuṃdharā kāla ivoptabījā // sānumatī aparichinnedānīṃ te saṃtatir bhaviṣyati / caturikā (janāntikam) aye anena sārvavāhavṛttāntena dviguṇodvego bhartā / enam āśvāsayituṃ meghapratichandād āryaṃ mādhavyaṃ gṛhītvāgaccha / pratīhārī suṣṭhu bhaṇasi / (iti niṣkrāntā) > Could I forsake the virtuous wife > Who held my best, my future life > And cherished it for glorious birth, > As does the seed-receiving earth? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. She will not long be forsaken. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Maid (to the portress). Mistress, the minister's report has doubled our lord's remorse. Go to the Cloud Balcony and bring Madhavya to dispel his grief. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Portress. A good suggestion. (Exit.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.24b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.24b1) - [Next: 6.25b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.25b1) - [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.6.217) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p331) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p203) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p43) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.24) · Pramāṇa