[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) › 5.5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5) prajāḥ prajāḥ svā iva tantrayitvā niṣevate śrāntamanā viviktam / yūthāni saṃcārya raviprataptaḥ śītaṃ divā sthānam iva dvipendraḥ // (upagamya) jayatu jayatu devaḥ / ete khalu himagirer upatyakāraṇyavāsinaḥ kāśyapasaṃdeśam ādāya sastrīkās tapasvinaḥ saṃprāptāḥ / śrutvā devaḥ pramāṇam / rā (sādaram) kiṃ kāśyapasaṃdeśahāriṇaḥ / kañcukī atha kim / > Chamberlain (approaching). Victory to your Majesty. Here are hermits who dwell in the forest at the foot of the Himalayas. They bring women with them, and they carry a message from Kanva. What is your pleasure with regard to them? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (astonished). Hermits? Accompanied by women? From Kanva? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Chamberlain. Yes. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.4) - [Next: 5.5a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5a5) - [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.5.36) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p37) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p27) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5) · Pramāṇa