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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.26

Devanāgarī recension 6.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.26)

ahany ahany ātmana eva tāvaj jñātuṃ pramādaskhalitaṃ na śakyam /  
prajāsu kaḥ ke pathā prayāti ity aśeṣato veditum asti śaktiḥ //

> The moral stumblings of mine own,  
> The daily slips, are scarcely known;  
> Who then that rules a kingdom, can  
> Guide every deed of every man?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (1)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.253) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English

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