[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) › 1.22a0\_3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.22a0\_3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.22a0\_3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.22a0\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a0_3) ana śṛṇotv āryaḥ / gautamītīre purā kila tasya rājarṣer ugre tapasi vartamānasya kim api jātaśaṅkair devair menakā nāmāpsarāḥ preṣitā niyamavighnakāriṇī / > Anusuya. Listen, sir. Many years ago, that royal sage was leading a life of stern austerities, and the gods, becoming strangely jealous, sent the nymph Menaka to disturb his devotions. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.22a9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a9_2) - [Next: 1.22a1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a1_3) - [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.1.124) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p243) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p116) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.49) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a0_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a0_3) · Pramāṇa