[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) › 6.1a8 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1a8 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1a8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1a8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a8) puruṣaḥ (śyālaṃ praṇamya) bhartaḥ atha kīdṛśo ma ājīvaḥ / > Fisherman (bowing low to the chief). Master, I owe you my life. (He falls at his feet.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1a7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a7) - [Next: 6.1a9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a9) - [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.6.29) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p30) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a8) · Pramāṇa