[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) › 2.1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1) kāmaṃ priyā na sulabhā manas tu tadbhāvadarśanāśvāsi / akṛtārthe 'pi manasije ratim ubhayaprārthanā kurute // > Although my darling is not lightly won, > She seemed to love me, and my hopes are bright; > Though love be balked ere joy be well begun, > A common longing is itself delight. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.1b1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b1_2) - [Next: 2.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2b1) - [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.2.4) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p10) — 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 (3) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3055) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pischel-1900.c4.s3.t1.154) — R. Pischel, German - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.1) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1) · Pramāṇa