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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.12

Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.12)

bhavanti naṃrās taravaḥ phalāgamair navāmbubhir dūravilambino ghanāḥ /  
anuddhatāḥ satpuruṣāḥ samṛddhibhiḥ svabhāva evaiṣa paropakāriṇām //  
pratīhārī deva prasannamukhavarṇā dṛśyante / jānāmi viśrabdhakāryā ṛṣayaḥ /

> Fruit-laden trees bend down to earth;  
> The water-pregnant clouds hang low;  
> Good men are not puffed up by power  
> The unselfish are by nature so.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Portress. Your Majesty, the hermits seem to be happy. They give you gracious looks.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.57) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p93) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p47) — 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.10.5.160) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.25.26) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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