[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) › 5.15 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.15 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.15) tvam arhatāṃ prāgrasaraḥ smṛto 'si naḥ śakuntalā mūrtimatī ca satkriyā / samānayaṃs tulyaguṇaṃ vadhūvaram cirasya vācyaṃ na gataḥ prajāpatiḥ // tad idānīm āpannasattveyaṃ pratigṛhyatāṃ sahadharmacaraṇāyeti / > You are the best of worthy men, they say; > And she, I know, Good Works personified; > The Creator wrought for ever and a day, > In wedding such a virtuous groom and bride. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] She is with child. Take her and live with her in virtue." > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.15b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.15b1) - [Next: 5.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.16b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.76) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p127) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p8) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.15) · Pramāṇa