[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) › 2.2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2) snigdhaṃ vīkṣitam anyato 'pi nayane yat prerayantyā tayā yātaṃ yac ca nitambayor gurutayā mandaṃ vilāsād iva / mā gā ity uparuddhayā yad api sā sāsūyam uktā sakhī sarvaṃ tat kila matparāyaṇam aho kāmī svatāṃ paśyati // vidūṣaka (tathāsthita eva) bho vayasya na me hastapādaṃ prasarati tad vān mātreṇa jāpayiṣyāmi / jayatu jayatu bhavān / rājā kuto 'yaṃ gātropaghātaḥ / vidu kutaḥ kila svayam akṣyākulīkṛtyāśrukāraṇaṃ pṛcchasi / rā na khalv avagacchāmi / > Her glance was loving--but 'twas not for me; > Her step was slow--'twas grace, not coquetry; > Her speech was short--to her detaining friend. > In things like these love reads a selfish end! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown (standing as before). Well, king, I can't move my hand. I can only greet you with my voice. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (looking and smiling). What makes you lame? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Good! You hit a man in the eye, and then ask him why the tears come. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. I do not understand you. Speak plainly. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2b1) - [Next: 2.2a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2a5) - [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.2.6) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p13) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p4) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.66) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.66) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.2) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2) · Pramāṇa