[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) › 6.1a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1a5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a5) dvitīyaḥ (vilokya) eṣa nau svāmī patrahasto rājaśāsanaṃ pratīṣyeto+mukho dṛśyate / gṛdhrabalir bhaviṣyasi śuno mukhaṃ vā drakṣyasi / (praviśya) > Januka (looking ahead). There is the chief, with a written order from the king. (To the fisherman.) Now you will see your family, or else you will feed the crows and jackals. (Enter the chief.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a4) - [Next: 6.1a6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a6_2) - [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.6.24) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p24) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a5) · Pramāṇa