[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) › 5.9 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.9 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.9) kiṃ tāvad vratinām upoḍhatapasāṃ vighnais tapo dūṣitam dharmāraṇyacareṣu kenacid uta prāṇiṣv asacceṣṭitam / āhosvit prasavo mamāpacaritair viṣṭambhito vīrudhām ity ārūḍhabahupratarkam aparicchedākulaṃ me manaḥ // pratihārī sucaritanandina ṛṣayo devaṃ sabhājayitum āgatā iti tarkayāmi / (tataḥ praviśanti gautamī sahitāḥ śakuntalāṃ puraskṛtya munayaḥ / puraś caiṣāṃ kañcukī purohitaś ca) > Do leaguèd powers of sin conspire > To balk religion's pure desire? > Has wrong been done to beasts that roam > Contented round the hermits' home? > Do plants no longer bud and flower, > To warn me of abuse of power? > These doubts and more assail my mind, > But leave me puzzled, lost, and blind. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Portress. How could these things be in a hermitage that rests in the fame of the king's arm? No, I imagine they have come to pay homage to their king, and to congratulate him on his pious rule. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (Enter the chaplain and the chamberlain, conducting the two pupils of KANVA, With GAUTAMI and SHAKUNTALA.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.9b1) - [Next: 5.9a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.9a5) - [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.5.44) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p36) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.9) · Pramāṇa