[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) › 5.1a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.1a5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.1a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.1a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1a5) vidu yad bhavān ājñāpayati / (utthāya+bho vayasya gṛhītasya tayā parakīyair hastaiḥ śikhaṇḍake tāḍyamānasyāpsarasā vītarāgasyeva nāstīdānīṃ me mokṣaḥ / > Clown. Yes, sir. (He rises.) But, man, you are using another fellow's fingers to grab a bear's tail-feathers with. I have about as much chance of salvation as a monk who hasn't forgotten his passions. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1) - [Next: 5.1a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1a6) - [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.5.29) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p15) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p22) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.147) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1a5) · Pramāṇa