[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\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.17\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.17\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.17\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17_2) rā (svagatam) capalo 'yaṃ baṭuḥ / kadācid asmatprārthanām antaḥpurebhyaḥ kathayet / bhavatu / enam evaṃ vakṣye / (vidūṣakaṃ haste gṛhītvā / prakāśam) vayasya ṛṣigauravād āśramaṃ gacchāmi / na khalu satyam eva tāpasakanyakāyāṃ mamābhilāṣaḥ / paśya / > King (to himself). The fellow is a chatterbox. He might betray my longing to the ladies of the palace. Good, then! (He takes the clown by the hand. Aloud.) Friend Madhavya, my reverence for the hermits draws me to the hermitage. Do not think that I am really in love with the hermit-girl. Just think: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.17a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17a6) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.129) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p249) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, 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) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.19) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.17_2) · Pramāṇa