[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) › 6.6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.6) pratyādiṣṭaviśeṣamaṇḍanavidhir vāmaprakoṣṭhārpitam bibhratkāñcanam ekam eva valayaṃ śvāsoparaktādharaḥ / cintājāgaraṇapratāntanayanas tejoguṇād ātmanaḥ saṃskārollikhito mahāmaṇir iva kṣīṇo 'pi nālakṣyate // sānumatī (rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā) sthāne khalu pratyādeśavimānitā apy asya kṛte śakuntalā klāmyati / > All ornament is laid aside; he wears > One golden bracelet on his wasted arm; > His lip is scorched by sighs; and sleepless cares > Redden his eyes. Yet all can work no harm > On that magnificent beauty, wasting, but > Gaining in brilliance, like a diamond cut. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi (observing the king). No wonder Shakuntala pines for him, even though he dishonoured her by his rejection of her. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.5\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.5_3) - [Next: 6.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.7b1) - [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.6.73) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p76) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p11) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.6) · Pramāṇa