[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) › 5.17 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.17 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17) satīm api jñātikulaikasaṃśrayām jano 'nyathā bhartṛmatīṃ viśaṅkate / ataḥ samīpe pariṇetur iṣyate / priyāpriyā vā pramadā svabandhubhiḥ // rā kim atrabhavatī mayā pariṇītapūrvā / > King (listening with anxious suspicion). What is this insinuation? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17b1) - [Next: 5.17a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17a5) - [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.5.83) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p140) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p9) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.163) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.17) · Pramāṇa