[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) › 2.17 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.17 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17) kṛtyayor bhinnadeśatvād dvaidhībhavati me manaḥ / puraḥ patihataṃ śaile srotaḥ srotovaho yathā // (vicintya) sakhe tvam ambayā putra iti pratigṛhītaḥ / ato bhavān itaḥ pratinivṛtya tapasvikāryavyagramānasaṃ mām āvedya tatrabhavatīnāṃ putrakṛtyam anuṣṭhātum arhati / vidu na khalu māṃ rakṣobhīrukaṃ gaṇayasi / rā (sasmitam) katham etad bhavati saṃbhāvyate / vidu yathā rājānujena gantavyaṃ tathā gacchāmi / > Two inconsistent duties sever > My mind with cruel shock, > As when the current of a river > Is split upon a rock. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] (He reflects.) My friend, the queen-mother has always felt toward you as toward a son. Do you return, tell her what duty keeps me here, and yourself perform the offices of a son. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. You don't think I am afraid of the devils? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (smiling). O mighty Brahman, who could suspect it? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. But I want to travel like a prince. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17b1) - [Next: 2.17a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17a5) - [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.2.122) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p236) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p107) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17) · Pramāṇa