[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) › 2.16 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.16 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16) anukāriṇi pūrveṣāṃ yuktarūpam idaṃ tvayi / āpannābhayasatreṣu dīkṣitāḥ khalu pauravāḥ // rā (sapraṇāmam) gacchatāṃ puro bhavantau / aham apy anupadam āgata eva / ubhau vijayasva (iti niṣkrāntau) rā mādhavya apy asti śakuntalādarśane kutūhalam / vidu prathamaṃ saparivāham āsīt / idānīṃ rākṣasavṛttāntena bindur api nāvaśeṣitaḥ / > Thou art a worthy scion of > The kings who ruled our nation > And found, defending those in need, > Their truest consecration. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Pray go before. And I will follow straightway. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two youths. Victory, O King! (Exeunt.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Madhavya, have you no curiosity to see Shakuntala? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. I did have an unending curiosity, but this talk about the powers of evil has put an end to it. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.16b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16b1) - [Next: 2.16a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a5) - [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.2.104) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p202) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p89) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.87) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.87) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.16-2) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16) · Pramāṇa