[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) › 5.11 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.11 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.11) abhyaktam api snātaḥ śucir aśucim iva prabuddha iva suptam / baddham iva svairagatir janam iha sukhasaṅginam avaimi // śaku (nimittaṃ sūcayitvā) aho kiṃ me vāmetaran nayanaṃ visphurati / gautamī jāte pratihatam amaṅgalam /sukhāni te bhartṛkuladevatā vitarantu (iti parikrāmati) purohita (rājānaṃ nirdiśya+bho bhos tapasvinaḥ asāv atrabhavān varṇāśramāṇāṃ rakṣitā prāg eva muktāsano vaḥ pratipālayati / paśyata enam / > Free from the world and all its ways, > I see them spending worldly days > As clean men view men smeared with oil, > As pure men, those whom passions soil, > As waking men view men asleep, > As free men, those in bondage deep. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (observing an evil omen). Oh, why does my right eye throb? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Gautami. Heaven avert the omen, my child. May happiness wait upon you. (They walk about.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Chaplain (indicating the king). O hermits, here is he who protects those of every station and of every age. He has already risen, and awaits you. Behold him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.11b1) - [Next: 5.12b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.12b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.51) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p81) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p42) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p6) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.158) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.11) · Pramāṇa