[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) › 5.3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.3) ācāra ity avahitena mayā gṛhītā yā vetrayaṣṭir avarodhagṛheṣu rājñaḥ / kāle gate bahutithe mama saiva jātā prasthānaviklavagater avalambanārthā // bho kāmaṃ dharmakāryam anatipātyaṃ devasya / tathāpīdānīm eva dharmāsanād utthitāya punar uparodhakāri kaṇvaśiṣyāgamanam asmai notsahe nivedayitum / athavāviśramo 'yaṃ lokatantrādhikāraḥ / kutaḥ / > \[paragraph continues\] (He shows the wistfulness that comes from unremembered things.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.3b1) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.4) - [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.5.35) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p31) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p26) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.151) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.3) · Pramāṇa