[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) › 5.24 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.24 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.24) ataḥ parīkṣya kartavyaṃ viśeṣāt saṃgataṃ rahaḥ / ajñātahṛdayeṣv evaṃ vairībhavati sauhṛdam // rājā ayi bhoḥ kim atrabhavatīpratyayād evāsmān saṃyutadoṣākṣaraiḥ kṣiṇutha / > Be slow to love, but yet more slow > With secret mate; > With those whose hearts we do not know, > Love turns to hate. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Why do you trust this girl, and accuse me of an imaginary crime? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.24b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.24b1) - [Next: 5.25b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.25b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.130) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p105) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.24) · Pramāṇa