[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) › 6.1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1) sahajaṃ kila yad vininditaṃ na khalu tat karma vivarjanīyam / paśumāraṇakarmadāruṇo 'nukampāmṛdur eva śrotriyaḥ // śyālaḥ tatas tataḥ / puruṣaḥ ekasmin divase khaṇḍaśo rohitamatsyo mayā kalpitaḥ / yāvat tasyodarābhyantare prekṣe tāvad idaṃ ratnabhāsuram aṅgulīyakaṃ dṛṣṭam / paścād aham asya vikrayāya darśayan gṛhīto bhāvamiśraiḥ / KSak\_6.1a5 mārayata vā muñcata vā / ayam asyāgamavṛttāntaḥ / > You can't give up a lowdown trade > That your ancestors began; > A butcher butchers things, and yet > He's the tenderest-hearted man. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Chief. Go on. Go on. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Fisherman. Well, one day I was cutting up a carp. In its maw I see this ring with the magnificent great gem. And then I was just trying to sell it here when you kind gentlemen grabbed me. That is the only way I got it. Now kill me, or find fault with me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1b1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b1_2) - [Next: 6.1a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a6) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.12) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p13) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1) · Pramāṇa