[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) › 7.3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.3 Devanāgarī recension 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.3) sukhaparasya harer ubhayaiḥ kṛtaṃ tridivam uddhṛtadānavakaṇṭakam / tava śarair adhunā nataparvabhiḥ puruṣakesariṇaś ca purā nakhaiḥ // > Twice, from peace-loving Indra's sway > The demon-thorn was plucked away: > First, by Man-lion's crooked claws; > Again, by your smooth shafts to-day. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.3b1) - [Next: 7.4b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4b1) - [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.7.8) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p13) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.3) · Pramāṇa