[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) › 7.32 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.32 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.32) śāpād asi pratihatā smṛtirodharūkṣe bhartary apetatamasi prabhutā tava eva / chāyā na mūrchati malopahataprasāde śuddhe tu darpaṇatale sulabhāvakāśā // rājā yathā āha bhagavān / mārīca vatsa kaccid abhinanditas tvayā vidhivad asmābhir anuṣṭhitajātakarmā putra eṣa śākuntaleyaḥ / rājā bhagavann atra khalu me vaṃśapratiṣṭhā / (iti bālaṃ hastena gṛhṇāti) > The curse it was that brought defeat and pain; > The darkness flies; you are his queen again. > Reflections are not seen in dusty glass, > Which, cleaned, will mirror all the things that pass. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. It is most true, holy one. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kashyapa. My son, I hope you have greeted as he deserves the son whom Shakuntala has borne you, for whom I myself have performed the birth-rite and the other ceremonies. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Holy one, the hope of my race centres in him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.32b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.32b1) - [Next: 7.33b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.33b1) - [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.7.166) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p148) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p42) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.32) · Pramāṇa