[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) › [Abhijnanashakuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 2.10 # Abhijnanashakuntala 2.10 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.10) anāghrātaṃ puṣpaṃ kisalayam alūnaṃ kararuhair anāviddhaṃ ratnaṃ madhu navam anāsvāditarasam / akhaṇḍaṃ puṣyānāṃ phalam iva ca tadrūpam anaghaṃ na jāne bhoktāraṃ kam iha samupasthāsyati vidhiḥ // vidu tena hi laghu paritrāyatām enāṃ bhavān / mā kasya api tapasvina iṅgudītairacikkaṇaśīrṣasya haste patiṣyati / rā paravatī khalu tatrabhavatī / na ca saṃnihito 'tra gurujanaḥ / vidu atha bhavantam antareṇa kīdṛśas tasyā dṛṣṭirāgaḥ / > She seems a flower whose fragrance none has tasted, > A gem uncut by workman's tool, > A branch no desecrating hands have wasted, > Fresh honey, beautifully cool. No man on earth deserves to taste her beauty, > Her blameless loveliness and worth, > Unless he has fulfilled man's perfect duty-- > And is there such a one on earth? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Marry her quick, then, before the poor girl falls into the hands of some oily-headed hermit. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. She is dependent on her father, and he is not here. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. But how does she feel toward you? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.10b1) - [Next: 2.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.11b1) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.66) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p129) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p56) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.79) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.5.25) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.271) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.10.p1) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.10) · Pramāṇa