[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) › 6.8a0\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.8a0\_2 Devanāgarī recension 6.8a0\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8a0\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a0_2) vidūṣaka na vismarāmi / kiṃ tu sarvaṃ kathayitvāvasāne punas tvayā parihāsavijalpa eṣa na bhūtārtha ity ākhyātam / > Clown. No, I didn't forget. But when you had told the whole story, you said it was a joke and there was nothing in it. And I was fool enough to believe you. No, this is the work of fate. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.8a9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a9) - [Next: 6.8a1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a1_2) - [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.6.95) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p118) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p98) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a0_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a0_2) · Pramāṇa