[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) › 6.14 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.14 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.14) yad yat sādhu na citre syāt kriyate tat tad anyathā / tathāpi tasyā lāvaṇyaṃ rekhayā kiṃcid anvitam // sānumatī sadṛśam etat paścāt+tāpaguroḥ snehasyānavalepasya ca / vidūṣaka bhoḥ idānīṃ tisras tatrabhavatyo dṛśyante / sarvāś ca darśanīyāḥ / katamātra tatrabhavatī śakuntalā / > What in the picture is not fair, > Is badly done; > Yet something of her beauty there, > I feel, is won. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Mishrakeshi. This is natural, when love is increased by remorse. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. There are three figures in the picture, and they are all beautiful. Which one is the lady Shakuntala? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.14b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.14b1) - [Next: 6.14a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.14a0) - [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.6.143) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p192) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p137) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.14) · Pramāṇa