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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.12\_3

Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.12\_3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.12\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.12_3)

vidūṣaka atha kathaṃ dhīvarakalpitasya rohitamatsyasyodarābhyantara āsīt /

> Clown. But how did it get into a carp's mouth, as if it had been a fish-hook?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.124) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p119) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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