[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) › 6.1b5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1b5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1b5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1b5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b5) puruṣaḥ śṛṇutedānīm / ahaṃ śakrāvatārābhyantaravāsī dhīvaraḥ / > Fisherman. Listen, please. I am a fisherman, and I live on the Ganges, at the spot where Indra came down. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1b4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b4) - [Next: 6.1b6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b6) - [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.6.5) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p6) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.176) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b5) · Pramāṇa