[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) › 6.27 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.27 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.27) eṣa tvām abhinavakaṇṭhaśoṇitārthī śārdūlaḥ paśum iva hanmi ceṣṭamānam / ārtānāṃ bhayam apanetum āttadhanvā duṣyantas tava śaraṇaṃ bhavatv idānīm // rājā (saroṣam) kathaṃ mām evoddiśati / tiṣṭha kuṇapāśana / tvam idānīṃ na bhaviṣyasi / (śārṅgam āropya) vetravati sopānamārgam ādeśaya / (sarve satvaram upasarpanti) rājā (samantād vilokya) śūnyaṃ khalv idam / (nepathye) avihā / avihā /aham atrabhavantaṃ paśyāmi / tvaṃ māṃ na paśyasi / biḍālagṛhīto mūṣaka iva nirāśo 'smi jīvite saṃvṛttaḥ / > Writhe, while I drink the red blood flowing clear > And kill you, as a tiger kills a deer; > Let King Dushyanta grasp his bow; but how > Can all his kingly valour save you now? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (angrily). He scorns me, too! In one moment, miserable demon, you shall die. (Stringing his bow.) Where is the stairway, Parvatayana? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Chamberlain. Here, your Majesty. (All make haste.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (looking about). There is no one here. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The Clown's voice. Save me, save me! I see you, if you can't see me. I am a mouse in the claws of the cat. I am done for. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.27b3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.27b3) - [Next: 6.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.28b1) - [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.6.260) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p369) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p244) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p45) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.27) · Pramāṇa