[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) › 1.16b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.16b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.16b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16b1) rājā (karṇaṃ dattvā) aye dakṣiṇena vṛkṣavāṭikām ālāpa iva śrūyate / yāvad atra gacchāmi / (parikramyāvalokya ca) aye etās tapasvikanyakāḥ svapramāṇānurūpaiḥ secanaghaṭair bālapādapebhyaḥ payo dātum ita evābhivartante (nipuṇaṃ nirūpya) aho madhuram āsāṃ darśanam / > King (listening). I think I hear some one to the right of the grove. I must find out. (He walks and looks about.) Ah, here are hermit-girls, with watering-pots just big enough for them to handle. They are coming in this direction to water the young trees. They are charming! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.15) - [Next: 1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1_2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.43) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p36) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16b1) · Pramāṇa