[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) › 2.16a4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.16a4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.16a4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a4) rā itas tapasvikāryam / ito gurujanājñā / dvayam apy anatikramaṇīyam / kim atra pratividheyam / > King. On the one side is my duty to the hermits, on the other my mother's command. Neither may be disregarded. What is to be done? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.16a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a3) - [Next: 2.16a5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a5_2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.119) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p230) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p104) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.17) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a4) · Pramāṇa