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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.1b1

Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.1b1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.1b1)

(tataḥ praviśati kuśān ādāya yajamānaśiṣyaḥ)  
śiṣya aho mahānubhāvaḥ pārthivo duṣyantaḥ / yat praviṣṭamātra evāśramaṃ tatrabhavati nirupadravāṇi naḥ karmāṇi saṃvṛttāni /

> (Enter a pupil, with sacred grass for the sacrifice.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Pupil (with meditative astonishment). How great is the power of King Dushyanta! Since his arrival our rites have been undisturbed.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.1) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p2) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p1) — 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

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