[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) › 2.12 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.12 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.12) darbhāṅkureṇa caraṇaḥ kṣata ity akhāṇḍe tanvī sthitā katicid eva padāni gatvā / āsīd vivṛttavadanā ca vimocayantī śākhāsu valkalam asaktam api drumāṇām // vidu tena hi gṛhītapātheyo bhava / kṛtaṃ tvayopavanaṃ tapovanam iti paśyāmi / rā sakhe tapasvibhiḥ kaiścit parijñāto 'smi / cintaya tāvat kenāpadeśena punar āśramapadaṃ gacchāmaḥ / vidu ko 'paro 'padeśo yuṣmākaṃ rājñām / nīvāraṣaṣṭhabhāgam asmākam upaharantv iti / > When she had hardly left my side, > "I cannot walk," the maiden cried, > And turned her face, and feigned to free > The dress not caught upon the tree. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. She has given you some memories to chew on. I suppose that is why you are so in love with the pious grove. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. My friend, think of some pretext under which we may return to the hermitage. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. What pretext do you need? Aren't you the king? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. What of that? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Collect the taxes on the hermits' rice. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.12b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.12b1) - [Next: 2.13b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.13b1) - [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.2.74) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p142) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p62) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.84) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.84) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.17.49) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.12) · Pramāṇa