[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) › 6.4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.4) cūtānāṃ ciranirgatā api kalikā badhnāti na svaṃ rajaḥ saṃnaddhaṃ yad api sthitaṃ kurabakaṃ tat korakāvasthayā / kaṇṭheṣu skhalitaṃ gate 'pi śiśire puṃskokilānāṃ rutam śaṅke saṃharati smaro 'pi cakitas tūṇārdhakṛṣṭaṃ śaram // sanumatī nāsti saṃdehaḥ / mahāprabhāvo rājarṣiḥ / > The mango branches are in bloom, > Yet pollen does not form; > The cuckoo's song sticks in his throat, > Although the days are warm; The amaranth-bud is formed, and yet > Its power of growth is gone; > The love-god timidly puts by > The arrow he has drawn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. There is no doubt of it. This good king has wonderful power. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.4b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.4b1) - [Next: 6.4a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.4a5) - [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.6.57) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p37) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p60) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p9) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.181) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.4) · Pramāṇa