[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) › 2.1b3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.1b3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.1b3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1b3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b3) eṣa bāṇāsanahastābhir yavanībhir vanapuṣpamālādhāriṇībhiḥ parivṛta ita evāgachati priyavayasyaḥ / bhavatu / aṅgabhaṅgavikala iva bhūtvā sthāsyāmi / yady evam api nāma viśramaṃ labheya / (iti daṇḍakāṣṭham avalambya sthitaḥ) (tataḥ praviśati yathānirdiṣṭaparivāro rājā) > Oh! here he comes, attended by the Yavana women, with bows in their hands, wearing garlands of wild flowers. What shall I do? I have it. I will pretend to stand in the easiest attitude for resting my bruised and crippled limbs. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > \[Stands leaning on a staff. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring > Enter King DUSHYANTA, followed by a retinue, in the manner described. > — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring - [Previous: 2.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b2) - [Next: 2.1b1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b1_2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (1) - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p6) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.64) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b3) · Pramāṇa