[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) › 7.20a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20a6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.20a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a6) (prakāśam) na punar ātmagatyā mānuṣāṇām eṣa viṣayaḥ / > \[paragraph continues\] But how could human beings, of their own mere motion, attain this spot? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20) - [Next: 7.20\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20_2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (1) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.82) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a6) · Pramāṇa