[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) › 6.13b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.13b1 Devanāgarī recension 6.13b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.13b1) rājā kathaṃ nu taṃ bandhurakomalāṅguliṃ > How could you fail to linger > On her soft, tapering finger, > And in the water fall? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.12a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.12a4) - [Next: 6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.13) - [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.6.131) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p127) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.13b1) · Pramāṇa