[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) › 6.8a0 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.8a0 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.8a0 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.8a0) rājā (sasmitam) bhavatu / dṛṣṭaṃ brahmavarcasam / sakhe kvopaviṣṭaḥ priyāyāḥ kiṃcid+anukāriṇīṣu latāsu dṛṣṭiṃ vilobhayāmi / > King (smiling). Enough! I see your pious power. My friend, where shall I sit now to comfort my eyes with the vines? They remind me somehow of her. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.8) - [Next: 6.8a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.8a1) - [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.6.88) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p99) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p89) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.8a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.8a0) · Pramāṇa