[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) › [The Recognition of Śakuntalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 1.13 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.13 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13) ramyās tapodhanānāṃ pratihatavighnāḥ kriyāḥ samavalokya / jñāsyasi kiyadbhujo me rakṣati maurvīkiṇāṅka iti // rājā api saṃnihito 'tra kulapatiḥ / vaikhānasa idānīm eva duhitaraṃ śakuntalām atithisatkārāya niyujya daivam asyāḥ pratikūlaṃ śamayituṃ somatīrthaṃ gataḥ / > King. Is the hermit father there? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two hermits. No, he has left his daughter to welcome guests, and has just gone to Somatirtha, to avert an evil fate that threatens her. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13b1) - [Next: 1.13a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13a5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.23) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p52) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p20) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13) · Pramāṇa