[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) › 6.21 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.21 Devanāgarī recension 6.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.21) darśanasukham anubhavataḥ sākṣād iva tanmayena hṛdayena / smṛtikāriṇā tvayā me punar api citrīkṛtā kāntā // (iti bāṣpaṃ viharati) sānumatī pūrvāparavirodhy apūrva eṣa virahamārgaḥ / > Mishrakeshi. Fate plays strangely with him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.21b1) - [Next: 6.22b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.22b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.183) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p258) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p168) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p36) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.221) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.6.20) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.21) · Pramāṇa