[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) › 7.14a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.14a6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.14a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.14a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.14a6) rājā kiṃ nu khalu bāle 'sminn aurasa iva putre snihyati me manaḥ / nūnam anapatyatā māṃ vatsalayati / > King. Why should my heart go out to this boy as if he were my own son? (He reflects.) No doubt my childless state makes me sentimental. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.14a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.14a5) - [Next: 7.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.14_2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.52) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p38) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.14a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.14a6) · Pramāṇa