[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) › 1.13b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.13b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.13b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13b1) vaikhānsa rājan samidāharaṇāya prasthitā vayam /eṣa khalu kaṇvasya kulapater anumālinītīram āśramo dṛśyate / na ced anyakāryātipātaḥ praviśya pratigṛhyatām ātitheyaḥ satkāraḥ / api ca / > The two hermits. O King, we are on our way to gather firewood. Here, along the bank of the Malini, you may see the hermitage of Father Kanva, over which Shakuntala presides, so to speak, as guardian deity. Unless other duties prevent, pray enter here and receive a welcome. Besides, > Beholding pious hermit-rites > Preserved from fearful harm, > Perceive the profit of the scars > On your protecting arm. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.12) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13) - [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.1.22) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p50) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p19) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.13b1) · Pramāṇa