[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) › 5.21 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.21 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21) vyapadeśam āvilayituṃ kim īhase janam imam a pātayitum / kūlaṃ kaṣā iva sindhuḥ prasannam ambhas taṭataruṃ ca // śaku bhavatu / yadi paramārthataḥ paraparigrahaśaṅkinā tvayaivaṃ pravṛttaṃ tad+abhijñānenānena tavāśaṅkām apaneṣyāmi / > A stream that eats away the bank, > Grows foul, and undermines the tree. > So you would stain your honour, while > You plunge me into misery. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. Very well. If you have acted so because you really fear to touch another man's wife, I will remove your doubts with a token you gave me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.21b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21b1) - [Next: 5.21a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a5) - [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.5.107) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p183) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p87) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.168) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21) · Pramāṇa