[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) › 7.25\_3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.25\_3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.25\_3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.25\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25_3) rājā abhūt saṃpāditasvāduphalo me manorathaḥ / mātale na khalu vidito 'yam ākhaṇḍalena vṛttāntaḥ syāt / > King. My desires bear sweeter fruit because fulfilled through a friend. Matali, was not this matter known to Indra? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25_2) - [Next: 7.25\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25_4) - [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.7.134) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p120) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25_3) · Pramāṇa