[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) › 7.18 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.18 Devanāgarī recension 7.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18) evam āśramaviruddhavṛttinā saṃyamaḥ kim iti janmatas tvayā / sattvasaṃśraya sukho 'pi dūṣyate kṛṣṇasarpaśiśuneva candanaḥ // tāpasī bhadramukha na khalv ayam ṛṣikumāraḥ / > Your conduct in this place apart, > Is most unfit; > ’Twould grieve your father's pious heart > And trouble it. To animals he is as good > As good can be; > You spoil it, like a black snake's brood > In sandal tree. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Hermit-woman. But, sir, he is not the son of a hermit. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18b1) - [Next: 7.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19b1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.71) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p56) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p19-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.224) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18) · Pramāṇa