[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) › 6.23 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.23 Devanāgarī recension 6.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.23) yena yena viyujyante prajāḥ snigdhena bandhunā / sa sa pāpād ṛte tāsāṃ duṣyanta iti ghuṣyatām // pratīhārī evaṃ nāma ghoṣayitavyam / (niṣkramya / punaḥ praviṣya) kāle praviṣṭam ivābhinanditaṃ devasya śāsanam / rājā (dīrgham uṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya) evaṃ bhoḥ saṃtatichedaniravalambānāṃ kulānāṃ mūlapuruṣāvasāne saṃpadaḥ param upatiṣṭhante / mama apy ante puruvaṃśaśriya eṣa eva vṛttāntaḥ / pratīhārī pratihatam amaṅgalam / > Let King Dushyanta be proclaimed > To every sad soul kin > That mourns a kinsman loved and lost, > Yet did not plunge in sin. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Portress. The proclamation shall be made. (She goes out and soon returns.) Your Majesty, the royal proclamation was welcomed by the populace as is a timely shower. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (sighing deeply). Thus, when issue fails, wealth passes, on the death of the head of the family, to a stranger. When I die, it will be so with the glory of Puru's line. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Portress. Heaven avert the omen! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.23b1) - [Next: 6.23a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.23a5) - [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.6.210) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p314) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p193) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.23) · Pramāṇa