[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) › 6.5a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.5a5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.5a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.5a5) kañcukī (karṇaṃ dattvā) aye / ita evābhivartate devaḥ / svakarmānuṣṭhīyatām / > Chamberlain (listening). Ah, his Majesty approaches. Go, and attend to your duties. (Exeunt the two maids. Enter the king, wearing a dress indicative of remorse; the clown, and the portress.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.5) - [Next: 6.5a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.5a6) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.71) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p72) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.5a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.5a5) · Pramāṇa