[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) › 6.16 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.16 Devanāgarī recension 6.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.16) sākṣāt priyām upagatām apahāya pūrvaṃ citrārpitāṃ punar imāṃ bahu manyamānaḥ / srotovahāṃ pathi nikāmajalām atītya jātaḥ sakhe praṇayavān mṛgatṛṣṇikāyām // vidūṣaka (ātmagatam) eṣo 'trabhavān nadīm atikramya mṛgatṛṣṇikāṃ saṃkrāntaḥ / (prakāśam) bhoḥ aparaṃ kim atra lekhitavyam / > Clown. What are you going to add? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.16b1) - [Next: 6.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.17b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.156) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p215) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p147) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.196) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.16) · Pramāṇa