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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.30

Devanāgarī recension 6.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.30)

sakhyus te sa kila śatakrator ajayyas  
tasya tvaṃ raṇaśirasi smṛto nihantā /  
ucchettuṃ prabhavati yan na saptasaptis  
tannaiśaṃ timiram apākaroti candraḥ //  
sa bhavān āttaśastra evedānīm aindraratham āruhya vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām /  
rājā anugṛhīto 'ham anayā maghavataḥ saṃbhāvanayā / atha mādhavyaṃ prati bhavatā kim evaṃ prayuktam /

> Heaven's king is powerless; you shall smite  
> His foes in battle soon;  
> Darkness that overcomes the day,  
> Is scattered by the moon.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> \[paragraph continues\] Take your bow at once, enter my heavenly chariot, and set forth for victory.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King. I am grateful for the honour which Indra shows me. But why did you act thus toward Madhavya?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.277) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p401) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p261) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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