[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) › 0.p1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 0.p1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 0.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.0.p1) athā7bhijñāna-śākuntalam / > 2 me 16273 ka kasa siddha gopala ne arambha kiya| 28 ma abhijnanasakuntalam | samapta STITA ya srstih srasturadya vahati vidhihutam ya havirya ca hotri 1 sunivisayah gunah ye va kalam vidhattah srutivisayaguna ya sthita vyapya visvam | yamahuh sarvvavijaprakrtiriti yaya praninah pranavantah upadana masmah sagdhara pratyacabhih prapannastanubhiravatu vastabhirabhirisah || 1 7 nandyante 19 tabhih astanih sutradharah | nepathyabhimukhamavalokaya | srayem yadi nepathya vidha- nam sravasitam itastavadagamyatam | pravisya nati | srajjautta ina mhi (1) sutradharah | srayem abhirupabhuyistha parisadiyam | sradya khalu kalidasagrathitavastuna abhijnanasakuntalanamadheyena navena natakenopasthatavyamasmabhih | tat pratipatramadhiyatam 'yatnah | (1) srayryaputra iyamasmi | prasannah iti pathah kvacit drsyate | Preference is to be given 10 prapannah, for it defines the position and relation of tanubhih more clearly. + parisat iti vidyasagaratah pathah | \* mrnmaya . hi yatha deham mrda lipta sthiram bhavet | parthivo'yam tatha dehah parthivaih paramanubhih | iyam hi bhumirbhutanam sasvati yonirucyate > — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam - [Next: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.1) - [Up: 0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.0) ## Translations (1) - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.x1.p1) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.0.p1) · Pramāṇa