[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) › 6.1a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1a6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a6) śyālaḥ jānuka visragandhī godhādī matsyabandha eva niḥsaṃśayam / > Chief (smelling the ring). There is no doubt about it, Januka. It has been in a fish's maw. It has the real perfume of raw meat. Now we have to find out how he got it. We must go to the palace. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1) - [Next: 6.1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1_2) - [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.6.15) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p15) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p3) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a6) · Pramāṇa