[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) › 7.19b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.19b1 Devanāgarī recension 7.19b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19b1) rājā ākārasadṛśaṃ ceṣṭitam evāsya kathayati / sthānapratyayāt tu vayam evaṃ tarkiṇaḥ / (yathābhyarthitam anutiṣṭhan bālasparśam upalabhya / ātmagatam) > King. So it would seem, both from his looks and his actions. But in this spot, I had no suspicion of anything else. (He loosens the boy's hold on the cub, and touching him, says to himself.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.18) - [Next: 7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19) - [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.7.73) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p57) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19b1) · Pramāṇa