[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) › 4.7 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.7 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.7) kāśyapa vatse / yayāter iva śarmiṣṭhā bhartur bahumatā bhava / sutaṃ tvam api saṃrājaṃ seva pūrum avāpnuhi // > Kanva. My child, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Like Sharmishtha, Yayati's wife, > Win favour measured by your worth; > And may you bear a kingly son > Like Puru, who shall rule the earth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.7b1) - [Next: 4.7a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.7a5) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.88) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p114) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p91) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.7) · Pramāṇa