[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) › 3.21b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.21b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.21b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.21b1) rājā bhīru alaṃ gurujanabhayena / dṛṣṭvā te viditadharmā tatrabhavān nātra doṣaṃ grahīṣyati kulapatiḥ / paśya / > King. Do not fear your family, beautiful Shakuntala. Father Kanva knows the holy law. He will not regret it. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.20) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.124) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p99) — 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.3.22) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.21b1) · Pramāṇa