[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) › 6.3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3) tvam asi mayā cūtāṅkura dattaḥ kāmāya gṛhītadhanuṣe / pathikajanayuvatilakṣyaḥ pañcābhyadhikaḥ śaro bhava // (iti cūtāṅkuraṃ kṣipati) (praviśya paṭīkṣepeṇa kupitaḥ) / kañcukī mā tāvad anātmajñe / devena pratiṣiddhe vasantotsave tvam āṃrakalikābhaṅgaṃ kim ārabhase / ubhe (bhīte) prasīdatv āryaḥ / agṛhītārthe āvām / > O mango-twig I give to Love > As arrow for his bow, > Most sovereign of his arrows five, > Strike maiden-targets low. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (She throws the twig. Enter the chamberlain.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Chamberlain (angrily). Stop, silly girl. The king has strictly forbidden the spring festival. Do you dare pluck the mango-blossoms? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two maids (frightened). Forgive us, sir. We did not know. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.3b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3b2) - [Next: 6.4b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.4b1) - [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.6.52) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p28) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p56) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.180) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3) · Pramāṇa