[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) › 5.2b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.2b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.2b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2b1) rā (ātmagatam) kiṃ nu khalu gītam evaṃ vidhārtham ākarṇyeṣṭajanavirahād ṛte 'pi balavadutkaṇṭhito 'smi / athavā / > King (to himself). Why am I filled with wistfulness on hearing such a song? I am not separated from one I love. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > And yet > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1_2) - [Next: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2) - [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.5.32) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p24) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p25) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2b1) · Pramāṇa