[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) › 7.20a1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20a1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.20a1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a1) rājā (svagatam) iyaṃ khalu kathā mām eva lakṣyīkaroti / yadi tāvad asya śiśor mātaraṃ nāmataḥ pṛcchāmi / atha vānāryaḥ paradāravyavahāraḥ / (praviṣya mṛnmayūrahastā) > King (to himself). This story points at me. Suppose I ask the boy for his mother's name. (He reflects.) No, it is wrong to concern myself with one who may be another's wife. (Enter the first woman, with the clay peacock.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.20a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a0) - [Next: 7.20a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a2) - [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.7.86) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p67) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p1) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a1) · Pramāṇa