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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.17b1

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.17b1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.17b1)

kāśyapa

> Remembering my religious worth,  
> Your own high race, the love poured forth  
> By her, forgetful of her friends,  
> Pay her what honour custom lends  
> To all your wives. And what fate gives  
> Beyond, will please her relatives.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.131) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p198) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

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