[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) › 6.10 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.10 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.10) svapno nu māyā nu matibhramo nu kliṣṭaṃ nu tāvat phalam eva puṇyam / asaṃnivṛttyai tad atītam ete manorathā nāma taṭaprapātāḥ // vidūṣaka maivam / nanv+aṅgulīyakam eva nidarśanam avaśyaṃ bhāvyacintanīyaḥ samāgamo bhavatīti / > And was it phantom, madness, dream, > Or fatal retribution stern? > My hopes fell down a precipice > And never, never will return. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Don't talk that way. Why, the ring shows that incredible meetings do happen. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.10b1) - [Next: 6.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.11b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.109) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p143) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p111) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.190) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.10) · Pramāṇa