[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) › 7.25a0 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.25a0 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.25a0 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.25a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25a0) rājā śakuntale avalambyatāṃ putraḥ / tvāṃ puraskṛtya bhagavantaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi / > King. My dear wife, bring our son. I could not appear without you before the holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.25\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25_4) - [Next: 7.25a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25a1) - [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.7.136) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p122) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.25a0) · Pramāṇa