[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) › 7.31b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.31b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.31b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.31b1) rājā bhagavann imām ājñākarīṃ vo gāndharveṇa vivāhavidhinopayamya kasyacit kālasya bandhubhir ānītāṃ smṛtiśaithilyāt pratyādiśann aparāddho 'smi tatrabhavato yuṣmatsagotrasya kaṇvasya / paścād aṅgulīyakadarśanād ūḍhapūrvā tadduhitaram avagato 'ham / tac citram iva me pratibhāti / > King. Holy one, I married this your maid-servant by the voluntary ceremony. When after a time her relatives brought her to me, my memory failed and I rejected her. In so doing, I sinned against Kanva, who is kin to you. But afterwards, when I saw the ring, I perceived that I had married her. And this seems very wonderful to me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.30) - [Next: 7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.31) - [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.7.157) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p141) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p37) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.31b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.31b1) · Pramāṇa