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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.21\_4

Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.21\_4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.21\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21_4)

śaku atra tāvad vidhinā darśitaṃ prabhutvam /

> Shakuntala. Fate is too strong for me there. I will tell you something else.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.113) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p196) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p92) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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