[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) › 6.25a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.25a5 Devanāgarī recension 6.25a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.25a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.25a5) athavā śrutaṃ mayā śakuntalāṃ samāśvāsayantyā mahāindrajananyā mukhād yajñabhāgotsukā devā eva tathānuṣṭhāsyanti yathācireṇa dharmapatnīṃ bhartābhinandiṣyatīti / KSak\_6.25a6 tad yuktam etaṃ kālaṃ pratipālayitum / yāvad anena vṛttāntena priyasakhīṃ samāśvāsayāmi / > Mishrakeshi. Shall I make him happy now? No, I heard the mother of the gods consoling Shakuntala. She said that the gods, impatient for the sacrifice, would soon cause him to welcome his true wife. I must delay no longer. I will comfort dear Shakuntala with my tidings. (Exit through the air.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.25) - [Next: 6.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.25_2) - [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.6.229) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p214) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.204) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.25a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.25a5) · Pramāṇa