[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) › 4.1b5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.1b5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.1b5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1b5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1b5) pri visrabdhā bhava / na tādṛśā ākṛtiviśeṣā guṇavirodhino bhavanti / tāta idānīm imaṃ vṛttāntaṃ śrutvā na jāne kiṃ pratipatsyata iti / > Priyamvada. You need not be anxious about that. Such handsome men are sure to be good. But there is something else to think about. I don't know what Father will have to say when he comes back from his pilgrimage and hears about it. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.1b4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1b4) - [Next: 4.1b6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1b6) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.5) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p5) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.120) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1b5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1b5) · Pramāṇa