[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) › 5.20 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.20 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.20) śāradvata śārṅgarava vimara tvam idānīm / śakuntale vaktavyam uktam asmābhiḥ / so 'yam atrabhavān evam āha / dīyatām asmai pratyayaprativacanam / śaku (apavārya) idam avasthhāntaraṃ gate tādṛśe 'nurāge kiṃ vā smāritena / ātmedānīṃ me śocanīya iti vyavasitam etat / (prakāśam) paurava yuktaṃ nāma te tathā purāśramapade svabhāvottānahṛdayam imaṃ janaṃ samayapūrvaṃ pratārya sāṃpratam īdṛśair akṣaraiḥ pratyākhyātum / > Sharadvata. Enough, Sharngarava. Shakuntala, we have said what we were sent to say. You hear his words. Answer him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (to herself). He loved me so. He is so changed. Why remind him? Ah, but I must clear my own character. Well, I will try. (Aloud.) My dear husband--(She stops.) No, he doubts my right to call him that. Your Majesty, it was pure love that opened my poor heart to you in the hermitage. Then you were kind to me and gave me your promise. Is it right for you to speak so now, and to reject me? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5_2) - [Next: 5.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21b1) - [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.5.104) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p176) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p84) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p11) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.167) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.20) · Pramāṇa