[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) › 5.21a5\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.21a5\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.21a5\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.21a5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a5_2) rājā evam ādibhir ātmakāryanirvartinīnām anṛtamayavān madhubhir ākṛṣyate viṣayiṇaḥ / > King. It is just such women, selfish, sweet, false, that entice fools. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.21a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a4) - [Next: 5.21a6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a6_2) - [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.5.118) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p206) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p97) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.5.p13) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a5_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a5_2) · Pramāṇa