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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.18

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.18)

kva vayaṃ kva parokṣamanmatho mṛgaśāvaiḥ samam edhito janaḥ /  
parihāsavijalpitaṃ sakhe paramārthena na gṛhyatāṃ vacaḥ //  
vidu atha kim /  
(iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve)

> A king, and a girl of the calm hermit-grove,  
> Bred with the fawns, and a stranger to love!  
> Then do not imagine a serious quest;  
> The light words I uttered were spoken in jest.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Clown. Oh, I understand that well enough.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> (Exeunt ambo.)  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

### [2.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.18.p1)

iti dvitīyo 'ṅkaḥ /

## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.130) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p253) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p112) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.89) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.89) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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