[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) › 5.10 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.10 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.10) mahābhāgaḥ kāmaṃ narapatir abhinnasthitir asau na kaścid varṇānām apatham apakṛṣṭo 'pi bhajate / tathāpīdaṃ śaśvatparicitaviviktena manasā / janākīrṇaṃ manye hutavahaparītaṃ gṛham iva // > The king is noble and to virtue true; > None dwelling here commit the deed of shame; > Yet we ascetics view the worldly crew > As in a house all lapped about with flame. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.10b1) - [Next: 5.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.11b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (1) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.49) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.157) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.10) · Pramāṇa