[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) › 5.1b2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.1b2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.1b2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b2) vidu (karṇaṃ dattvā) bho vayasya saṃgītaśālāntare 'vadhānaṃ dehi / > Clown (listening). My friend, listen to what is going on in the music-room. Some one is playing a lute, and keeping good time. I suppose Lady Hansavati is practising. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b1) - [Next: 5.1b3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b3) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.21) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p3) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b2) · Pramāṇa