[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) › 6.9\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.9\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.9\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.9_2) vidūṣaka na khalu mātāpitarau bhartṛviyogaduḥkhitāṃ duhitaraṃ ciraṃ draṣṭuṃ pārayataḥ / > Clown. Why, a mother or a father cannot long bear to see a daughter separated from her husband. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.9a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.9a6) - [Next: 6.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.10b1) - [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.6.107) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p141) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p109) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.9_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.9_2) · Pramāṇa