[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) › 6.28 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.28 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.28) yo haniṣyati vadhyaṃ tvāṃ rakṣyaṃ rakṣiṣyati dvijam / haṃso hi kṣīram ādatte tanmiśrā varjayaty apaḥ // (ity astraṃ saṃdhatte) > My arrow, flying when the bow is bent, > Shall slay the wretch and spare the innocent; > When milk is mixed with water in a cup, > Swans leave the water, and the milk drink up. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.28b1) - [Next: 6.28a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.28a5) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.266) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p383) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p251) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p51) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.28) · Pramāṇa