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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.15

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.15)

naitac citraṃ yad ayam udadhiśyāmasīmāṃ dharitrīm ekaḥ kṛtsnāṃ nagaraparighaprāṃśubāhur bhunakti /  
āśaṃsante samitiṣu surā baddhavairā hi daityair asyādhijye dhanuṣi vijayaṃ pauruhūte ca vajre //  
ubhau (upagamya) vijayasva rājan /  
rā (āsanād utthāya) abhivādaye bhavantau /  
ubhau svasti bhavate / (iti phalāny upaharataḥ)  
rā (sapraṇāmaṃ parigṛhya) ājñāpayitum icchāmi /

> Nor is it wonderful that one whose arm  
> Might bolt a city gate, should keep from harm  
> The whole broad earth dark-belted by the sea;  
> For when the gods in heaven with demons fight,  
> Dushyanta's bow and Indra's weapon bright  
> Are their reliance for the victory.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> The two youths (approaching). Victory, O King!  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (rising). I salute you.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> The two youths. All hail! (They offer fruit.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King (receiving it and bowing low). May I know the reason of your coming?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.91) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p176) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p77) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.2.p13) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.86) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.86) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.3.175) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pischel-1900.c3.s1.t2.211) — R. Pischel, German
- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.15) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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