[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) › 6.7a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.7a6 Devanāgarī recension 6.7a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7a6) rājā vātāyana tvam api svaṃ niyogam aśūnyaṃ kuru / > sastho'nkah | raja | vatayana tvamapi svam niyogamasunyam kuru | kacca kau | yadajnapayati devah | niskantah | 113 vidusakah | kidam bhanada nicchisram | sampadam simirata- vacche sraramanie imaprim pamadavanuddese prattasramrama isi | (1) raja | vayasya randhropanipatino'nartha iti yaducyate tat sravyabhicari vacah samuccaya munisutapranaya smrtirodhina mama ca muktamidam tamasa manah | tavalam manasijena sakhe praharisyata dhanusi cutasarasca nivesitah || 8 ||tim vidusakah | cittha dava java imina dandakatthena kandappavanam gasaissa | srndakasthamudyamya cutanguram patayitumicchati | (2) raja | sasmitam | bhavatu drstam brahmavarcasam| sakhe kopa- visthah priyayah kincidanukarinausu latasu drstim vilobhayami | vidusakah | nam asasmaparisrarisra caturiya bhasrada samditta mahavaumandabe imam velam ativahita m tahim sra me citta- phalaagadam saddatthalihidam tattahodoe sauntalae pada़िkidi sraaihi tti | (3) \* Babu Bhuban Chandra Basak's edition reads another Sloka here :- upahitasmrtirangulimudraya priyatamamanimittanirakrtam | anusayadanurodibhi cotsukah surabhimasamukham samupaiti ca || (1) krtam bhavata nirmacikam | • pramadavanoddese sratmanam ramayisyasi | sampratam sisiratapacchedaramaniye asmin (2) tista tavada yavadanena danthakasthena kandarpabanam nasayisyami | (2) nanu bhasannaparicarika caturika bhavata sandista maghabimandape mam > — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam - [Previous: 6.7a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7a5) - [Next: 6.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7_2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (1) - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p12) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.7a6) · Pramāṇa