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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.16a6

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.16a6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.16a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a6)

vidu eṣa rākṣasād rakṣito 'smi /

> Clown. I'll stick close to your chariot-wheel. (Enter the door-keeper.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.110) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p214) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p95) — 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

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