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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.25\_3

Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.25\_3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.25\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.25_3)

rājā (pratyāgataḥ / karṇaṃ dattvā) aye mādhavyasya ivārtasvaraḥ / kaḥ ko tra bhoḥ / (praviśya)

> King (comes to himself and listens). It sounds as if Madhavya were in distress.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> The voice. Help, help!  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King. The Brahman's voice seems really changed by fear. Who waits without? (Enter the chamberlain.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.231) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p348) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p216) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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