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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.13

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.13)

yad uttiṣṭhati varṇebhyo nṛpāṇāṃ kṣayi tat phalam /  
tapaḥṣaḍbhāgam akṣayyaṃ dadaty āraṇyakā hi naḥ //  
(nepathye)  
hanta siddhārthau svaḥ /  
rā (karṇaṃ dattvā) aye dhīrapraśāntasvarais tapasvibhir bhavitavyam /  
(praviśya)

> The wealth we take from common men,  
> Wastes while we cherish;  
> These share with us such holiness  
> As ne’er can perish.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Voices behind the scenes. Ah, we have found him.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (listening). The voices are grave and tranquil. These must be hermits. (Enter the door-keeper.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.81) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p68) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.79) — P. V. Kane, English

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