[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) › 7.13-15 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.13-15 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.13-15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.13) manorathāya nāśaṃse kiṃ bāho spandase vṛthā / pūrvāvadhīritaṃ śreyo duḥkhaṃ hi parivartate // (nepathye) mā khalu cāpalaṃ kuru / kathaṃ gata evātmanaḥ prakṛtim / > I dare not hope for what I pray; > Why thrill--in vain? > For heavenly bliss once thrown away > Turns into pain. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > A voice behind the scenes. Don't! You mustn't be so foolhardy. Oh, you are always the same. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.14) ardhapītastanaṃ mātur āmardakliṣṭakesaram / prakrīḍituṃ siṃhaśiśuṃ balātkāreṇa karṣati // (tataḥ praviśati yathānirdiṣṭakarmā tapasvinībhyāṃ bālaḥ) bāla jṛmbhasva siṃha dantāṃs te gaṇayiṣye / > He drags a struggling lion cub, > The lioness' milk half-sucked, half-missed, > Towzles his mane, and tries to drub > Him tame with small, imperious fist. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (Enter a small boy, as described, and two hermit-women.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Open your mouth, cub. I want to count your teeth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.15) rājā hamatas tejaso bījaṃ bālo 'yaṃ pratibhāti me / sphuliṅgāvasthayā vahnir edhāpakṣa iva sthitaḥ // prathamā vatsa enaṃ bālamṛgendraṃ muñca / aparaṃ te krīḍanakaṃ dāsyāmi / bāla kutra / dehy etat / (iti hastaṃ prasārayati) > King (in surprise). > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The boy is seed of fire > Which, when it grows, will burn; > A tiny spark that soon > To awful flame may turn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > First woman. Let the little lion go, dear. I will give you another plaything. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Where is it? Give it to me. (He stretches out his hand.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.45) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p33) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p14-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.221) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.13-15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.13-15) · Pramāṇa