[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) › 7.25 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.25 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25) mohān mayā sutanu pūrvam upekṣitas te yo baddhabindur adharaṃ paribādhamānaḥ / taṃ tāvad ākuṭilapakṣmavilagnam adya bāṣpaṃ pramṛjya vigatānuśayo bhaveyam // (iti yathoktam anutiṣṭhati) śakuntalā (nāmamudrāṃ dṛṣṭvā) āryaputra idaṃ tad aṅgulīyakam / rājā asmād aṅgulīyopalambhāt khalu smṛtir upalabdhā / śakuntalā viṣamaṃ kṛtam anena yat tadāryaputrasya pratyayakāle durlabham āsīt / > ’Twas madness, sweet, that could let slip > A tear to burden your dear lip; > On graceful lashes seen to-day, > I wipe it, and our grief, away. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (He does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (sees more clearly and discovers the ring). My husband, it is the ring! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Yes. And when a miracle recovered it, my memory returned. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. That was why it was so impossible for me to win your confidence. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.25b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25b1) - [Next: 7.25a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25a5) - [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.7.126) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p114) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p30) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25) · Pramāṇa