[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) › 2.2a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.2a5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.2a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2a5) vidu bho vayasya yad vetasaḥ kubjalīlāṃ viḍambayati tat kim ātmanaḥ prabhāveṇa nanu nadīvegasya / > Clown. When a reed bends over like a hunchback, do you blame the reed or the river-current? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2) - [Next: 2.2a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2a6) - [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.2.11) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p23) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p8) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2a5) · Pramāṇa