[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) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 6.12a4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.12a4 Devanāgarī recension 6.12a4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.12a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.12a4) vidūṣaka (ātmagatam) gṛhīto 'nena panthā unmattānām / > Clown (smiling). And I will reproach this stick of mine. Why are you crooked when I am straight? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.12a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.12a3) - [Next: 6.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.13b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.129) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p124) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.12a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.12a4) · Pramāṇa