[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) › 6.31b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.31b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.31b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31b1) mātali tad api kathyate / kiṃ nimittād api manaḥsaṃtāpād āyuṣmān mayā viklavo dṛṣṭaḥ / paścātkopayitum āyuṣmantaṃ tathā kṛtavān asmi / kutaḥ / > Matali. I will tell you. I saw that you were overpowered by some inner sorrow, and acted thus to rouse you. For > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.30) - [Next: 6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.280) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p405) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p262) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.31b1) · Pramāṇa