[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) › 5.22 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.22 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.22) strīṇām aśikṣitapaṭutvam amānuṣīṣu saṃdṛśyate kim uta yāḥ pratibodhavatyaḥ / prāgantarikṣagamanās tvam apatyajātam anyair dvijaiḥ parabhṛtāḥ khalu poṣayanti // śaku (saroṣam+anārya ātmano hṛdayānumānena prekṣase / ka idānīm anyo dharmakañcukapraveśinas tṛṇachannakūpopamasya tavānukṛtiṃ pratipatsyate / > The female's untaught cunning may be seen > In beasts, far more in women selfish-wise; > The cuckoo's eggs are left to hatch and rear > By foster-parents, and away she flies. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala (angrily). Wretch! You judge all this by your own false heart. Would any other man do what you have done? To hide behind virtue, like a yawning well covered over with grass! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.22b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.22b1) - [Next: 5.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.23b1) - [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.5.121) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p212) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p100) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.170) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.22) · Pramāṇa