[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) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 6.14a2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.14a2 Devanāgarī recension 6.14a2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.14a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.14a2) vidūṣaka tarkayāmi yaiṣā śithilabandhanodvāntakusumena keśāntenodbhinnasvedabindunā vadanena viśeṣato 'pasṛtābhyāṃ bāhubhyām avasekasnigdhataruṇapallavasya cūtapādapasya pārśva īṣatpariśrāntevālakṣitā sā śakuntalā / itare sakhyāv iti / > Clown (observing closely). I think it is this one, leaning against the creeper which she has just sprinkled. Her face is hot and the flowers are dropping from her hair; for the ribbon is loosened. Her arms droop like weary branches; she has loosened her girdle, and she seems a little fatigued. This, I think, is the lady Shakuntala, the others are her friends. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.14a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.14a1) - [Next: 6.15b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.15b1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.150) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p202) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p142) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.195) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.14a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.14a2) · Pramāṇa