[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) › 7.35b2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.35b2 Devanāgarī recension 7.35b2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.35b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35b2) rāja ataḥ param api priyam asti / yadīha bhagavān priyaṃ kartum icchati tarhi idam astu / (bharatavākyam) > King. Can there be more than this? Yet may this prayer be fulfilled. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.35b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35b1) - [Next: 7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.184) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p166) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.35b2) · Pramāṇa