[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) › 5.18 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.18 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.18) mūrchanty amī vikārāḥ prāyeṇaiśvaryamatteṣu // rā viśeṣeṇādhikṣipto 'smi / gautamī jāte muhhūrtaṃ mā lajjasva / apaneṣyāmi tāvat te 'vaguṇṭhanam / tatas tvāṃ bhartābhijñāsyati / > O drunk with power! We might have known > That you were steeped in treachery. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. A stinging rebuke! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Gautami (to SHAKUNTALA). Forget your shame, my child. I will remove your veil. Then your husband will recognise you. (She does so.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.18b1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.18b1_2) - [Next: 5.19b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.19b1) - [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.5.93) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p75) — Sir William Jones 1789, 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.10.5.164) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.18) · Pramāṇa