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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.32

Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.32)

tvanmatiḥ kevalā tāvat paripālayatu prajāḥ /  
adhijyam idam anyasmin karmaṇi vyāpṛtaṃ ddhanuḥ //  
vidūṣaka yad bhavān ājñāpayati (iti niṣkrāntaḥ)  
mātaliḥ āyuṣmān ratham ārohatu /  
(rājā rathārohaṇaṃ nāṭayati)  
(niṣkrāntāḥ sarve)

> Your wisdom only shall control  
> The kingdom for a time;  
> My bow is strung; a distant goal  
> Calls me, and tasks sublime.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Clown. Very well. (Exit.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Matali. Enter the chariot. (The king does so. Exeunt omnes.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

### [6.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.32.p1)

ṣaṣṭho 'ṅkaḥ /

## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.283) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p408) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p264) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p52) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

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