[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) › 6.31 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.31 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31) jvalati calitendhano 'gnir viprakṛtaḥ pannagaḥ phaṇāṃ kurute / prāyaḥ svaṃ mahimānaṃ kṣobhāt pratipadyate hi janaḥ // > The spurnèd snake will swell his hood; > Fire blazes when ’tis stirred; > Brave men are roused to fighting mood > By some insulting word. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31b1) - [Next: 6.32b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.32b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (1) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.281) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31) · Pramāṇa