[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) › 6.1b9 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1b9 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1b9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1b9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b9) puruṣaḥ ahaṃ jālodgālādibhir matsyabandhanopāyaiḥ kuṭumbabharaṇaṃ karomi / > Fisherman. I support my family with things you catch fish with--nets, you know, and hooks, and things. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1b8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b8) - [Next: 6.1b10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b10) - [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.6.9) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p10) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.177) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b9) · Pramāṇa