[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) › 7.23 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.23 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.23) bāṣpeṇa pratiṣiddhe 'pi jayaśabde jitaṃ mayā / yat te dṛṣṭam asaṃskārapāṭalauṣṭhapuṭaṃ mukham // bāla mātaḥ ka eṣaḥ / > The tears would choke you, sweet, in vain; > My soul with victory is fed, > Because I see your face again-- > No jewels, but the lips are red. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Boy. Who is he, mother? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.23b1) - [Next: 7.24b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.24b1) - [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.7.119) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p106) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.23) · Pramāṇa