[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) › 1.15 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.15 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.15) śāntam idam āśramapadaṃ sphurati ca bāhuḥ kutaḥ phalam ihāsya / athavā bhavitavyānāṃ dvārāṇi bhavanti sarvatra // (nepathye) ita itaḥ sakhyau / > A tranquil spot! Why should I thrill? > Love cannot enter there > Yet to inevitable things > Doors open everywhere.-- > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > A voice behind the scenes. This way, girls! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.15b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.15b1) - [Next: 1.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16b1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.41) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p35) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.32) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.15) · Pramāṇa