[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) › 1.28b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.28b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.28b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28b1) rājā (śakuntalāṃ vilokya / ātmagatam) kiṃ nu khalu yathā vayam asyām evam iyam apy asmān prati syāt / athavā labdhāvakāśā me prārthanā / kutaḥ / > King (looking at SHAKUNTALA. To himself). Does she feel toward me as I do toward her? At least, there is ground for hope. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.27a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.27a6) - [Next: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28) - [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.1.160) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p310) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p151) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.28b1) · Pramāṇa