[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) › 7.14b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.14b1 Devanāgarī recension 7.14b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14b1) rājā (karṇaṃ dattvā) abhūmir iyam avinayasya / ko nu khalv eṣa niṣidhyate / (śabdānusāreṇāvalokya / savismayam) aye ko nu khalv ayam anubadhyamānas tapasvinībhyām abālasattvo bālaḥ / > King (listening). No naughtiness could feel at home in this spot. Who draws such a rebuke upon himself? (He looks towards the sound. In surprise.) It is a child, but no child in strength. And two hermit-women are trying to control him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.13) - [Next: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.47) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p34) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.14b1) · Pramāṇa