[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) › 7.30 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.30 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.30) udeti pūrvaṃ kusumaṃ tataḥ phalaṃ ghanodayaḥ prāk+tadanantaraṃ payaḥ / nimittanaimittikayor ayaṃ kramas tava prasādasya puras tu saṃpadaḥ // mātaliḥ evaṃ vidhātāraḥ prasīdanti / > The flower comes first, and then the fruit; > The clouds appear before the rain; > Effect comes after cause; but you > First helped, then made your favour plain. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. O King, such is the favour shown by the parents of the world. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.30b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.30b1) - [Next: 7.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.31b1) - [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.7.155) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p140) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p34) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.30) · Pramāṇa