[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) › 7.20b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20b1 Devanāgarī recension 7.20b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20b1) rājā (ātmagatam) katham ekānvayo mama / ataḥ khalu madanukāriṇam enam atrabhavatī manyate / asty etat pauravāṇām antyaṃ kulavratam / > King (to himself). He is of one family with me! Then could my thought be true? (Aloud.) But this is the custom of Puru's line: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.19a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.19a5) - [Next: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20) - [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.7.80) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p63) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20b1) · Pramāṇa