[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) › 7.17 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.17 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.17) ālakṣyadantamukulān animittahāsair avyaktavarṇaramaṇīyavacaḥpravṛttīn / aṅkāśrayapraṇayinas tanayān vahanto dhanyās tadaṅgarajasā malinībhavanti // tāpasī bhavatu / na mām ayaṃ gaṇayati / (pārśvam avalokya) ko 'tra ṛṣipumārāṇām / (rājānam avalokya) bhadramukha ehi tāvat / mocayānena durmocahastagraheṇa\* ḍimbhalīlayā bādhyamānaṃ bālamṛgendram / (\*durmoka) > They show their little buds of teeth > In peals of causeless laughter; > They hide their trustful heads beneath > Your heart. And stumbling after > Come sweet, unmeaning sounds that sing > To you. The father warms > And loves the very dirt they bring > Upon their little forms. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman (shaking her finger). Won't you mind me? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (She looks about.) Which one of the hermit-boys is here? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (She sees the king.) Oh, sir, please come here and free this lion cub. The little rascal is tormenting him, and I can't make him let go. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.17b1) - [Next: 7.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.18b1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.66) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p53) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p16-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.93.12) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.17) · Pramāṇa