[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) › 7.26 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.26 Devanāgarī recension 7.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26) putrasya te raṇaśirasy ayam agrayāyī duṣyanta ity abhihito bhuvanasya bhartā / cāpena yasya vinivartitakarmajātam tatkoṭimatkuliśam ābharaṇaṃ maghonaḥ // > ’Tis King Dushyanta, he who goes before > Your son in battle, and who rules the earth, > Whose bow makes Indra's weapon seem no more > Than a fine plaything, lacking sterner worth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.26b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26b1) - [Next: 7.26a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26a4) - [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.7.140) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p31) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.26) · Pramāṇa