[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) › 7.21 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.21 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.21) vasane paridhūsare vasānā niyamakṣāmamukhī dhṛtaikaveṇiḥ / atiniṣkaruṇasya śuddhaśīlā mama dīrghaṃ virahavrataṃ bibharti // śakuntalā (paścāt+tāpavivarṇaṃ rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā) na khalv āryaputra iva / tataḥ ka eṣa idānīṃ kṛtarakṣāmaṅgalaṃ dārakaṃ me gātrasaṃsargeṇa dūṣayati / bāla (mātaram upetya) mātaḥ eṣa ko 'pi puruṣo māṃ putra ity āliṅgati / rājā priye krauryam api me tvayi prayuktam anukūlapariṇāmaṃ saṃvṛttaṃ yad aham idānīṃ tvayā pratyabhijñātam ātmānaṃ paśyāmi / śakuntalā (ātmagatam) hṛdaya samāśvasihi samāśvasihi / parityaktamatsareṇānukampitāsmi daivena / āryaputraḥ khalv eṣaḥ / > The pale, worn face, the careless dress, > The single braid, > Show her still true, me pitiless, > The long vow paid. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (seeing the king pale with remorse. Doubtfully). It is not my husband. Who is the man that soils my boy with his caresses? The amulet should protect him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy (running to his mother). Mother, he is a man that belongs to other people. And he calls me his son. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. My darling, the cruelty I showed you has turned to happiness. Will you not recognise me? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (to herself). Oh, my heart, believe it. Fate struck hard, but its envy is gone and pity takes its place. It is my husband. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.21b1) - [Next: 7.22b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.22b1) - [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.7.110) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p99) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p28) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.228) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.21) · Pramāṇa