[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) › 7.19 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.19 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.19) anena kasya api kulāṅkureṇa spṛṣṭasya gātreṣu sukhaṃ mamaivam / kāṃ nirvṛtiṃ cetasi tasya kuryād yasyāyam aṅkāt kṛtinaḥ prarūḍhaḥ // tāpasī (ubhau nirvarṇya) āścaryam āścaryam / rājā ārye kim iva / tāpasī asya bālakasya te 'pi saṃvādiny ākṛtir iti vismitāsmi / aparicitasya api te 'pratilomaḥ saṃvṛtta iti / rājā (bālakam upalālayan) na cen munikumāro 'yam atha ko 'sya vyapadeśaḥ / > It makes me thrill to touch the boy, > The stranger's son, to me unknown; > What measureless content must fill > The man who calls the child his own! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman (looking at the two). Wonderful! wonderful! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Why do you say that, mother? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman. I am astonished to see how much the boy looks like you, sir. You are not related. Besides, he is a perverse little creature and he does not know you. Yet he takes no dislike to you. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (caressing the boy). Mother, if he is not the son of a hermit, what is his family? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.19b1) - [Next: 7.19a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.19a5) - [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.7.74) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p58) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p19-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.19) · Pramāṇa