[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) › 6.29 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.29 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.29) kṛtā śaravyaṃ hariṇā tavāsurāḥ śarāsanaṃ teṣu vikṛṣyatām idam / prasādasaumyāni satāṃ suhṛjjane patanti cakṣūṃṣi na dāruṇāḥ śarāḥ // rājā (sasaṃbhramam asram upasaṃharan) aye mātaliḥ / svāgataṃ mahāindrasārathe / (praviśya) vidūṣaka ahaṃ yeneṣṭipaśumāraṃ māritaḥ so 'nena svāgatenābhinadyate / mātaliḥ (sasmitam) āyuṣmañ śrūyatāṃ yad artham asmi hariṇā bhavatsakāśaṃ preṣitaḥ / rājā avahito 'smi / > Seek foes among the evil powers alone; > For them your bow should bend; > Not cruel shafts, but glances soft and kind > Should fall upon a friend. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (hastily withdrawing the arrow). It is Matali. Welcome to the charioteer of heaven's king. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Well! He came within an inch of butchering me. And you welcome him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali (smiling). Hear, O King, for what purpose Indra sends me to you. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. I am all attention. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.29b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.29b1) - [Next: 6.29a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.29a5) - [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.6.269) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p388) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p254) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p45) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.207) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.29) · Pramāṇa