[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) › 5.31 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.31 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.31) kāmaṃ pratyādiṣṭāṃ smarāmi na parigrahaṃ munes tanayām / balavat tu dūyamānaṃ pratyāyayatīva māṃ hṛdayam // > With a hermit-wife I had no part, > All memories evade me; > And yet my sad and stricken heart > Would more than half persuade me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.31b1) - [Next: 5.31a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.31a6) - [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.5.173) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p303) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa (alaṅkāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sarasvatikanthabharana.5.438.1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.31) · Pramāṇa