[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) › 5.16 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.16 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.16) nāpekṣito gurujano 'nayā tvayā pṛṣṭo na bandhujanaḥ / ekaikasminn eva carite bhaṇāmi kim ekaikam // śaku (ātmagatam) kiṃ nu khalv āryaputro bhaṇati / rā kim idam upanyastam / śaku (ātmagatam) pāvakaḥ khalu vacanopanyāsaḥ / > Did she with father speak or mother? > Did you engage her friends in speech? > Your faith was plighted each to other; > Let each be faithful now to each. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. What will my husband say? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (listening with anxious suspicion). What is this insinuation? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.16b1) - [Next: 5.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17b1) - [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.5.81) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p131) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p65) — Sir William Jones 1789, 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.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.16) · Pramāṇa