[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) › 7.27 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.27 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.27) prāhur dvādaśadhā sthitasya munayo yat tejasaḥ kāraṇam bhartāraṃ bhuvanatrayasya suṣuve yad yajñabhāgeśvaram / yasminn ātmabhavaḥ paro 'pi puruṣaś cakre bhavāyāspadam dvandvaṃ dakṣamarīcisaṃbhavam idaṃ tat sraṣṭur ekāntaram // mātali atha kim / rājā (upagamyobhābhyām api vāsavaniyojyo duṣyantaḥ praṇamati / mārīca vatsa ciraṃ jīva / pṛthivīṃ pālaya / aditiḥ vatsa apratiratho bhava / > Sprung from the Creator's children, do I see > Great Kashyapa and Mother Aditi? > The pair that did produce the sun in heaven, > To which each year twelve changing forms are given; > That brought the king of all the gods to birth, > Who rules in heaven, in hell, and on the earth; > That Vishnu, than the Uncreated higher, > Chose as his parents with a fond desire. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. It is indeed they. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (falling before them). Dushyanta, servant of Indra, does reverence to you both. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kashyapa. My son, rule the earth long. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Aditi. And be invincible. (SHAKUNTALA and her son fall at their feet.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.27b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.27b1) - [Next: 7.27a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.27a5) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.144) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p131) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p32) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.233) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.27) · Pramāṇa