[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\_4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.2\_4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.2\_4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2_4) vidu evaṃ rājakāryāṇy ujjhitvaitādṛśa ākulapradeśe vanacaravṛttinā tvayā bhavitavyam / yat satyaṃ pratyahaṃ śvāpadasamutsāraṇaiḥ saṃkṣobhitasaṃdhibandhānāṃ mama gātrāṇām anīśo 'smi saṃvṛttaḥ / tat prasīda me / ekāham api tāvad viśramyatām / > Clown. It's a fine thing for you to neglect your royal duties and such a sure job--to live in the woods! What's the good of talking? Here I am, a Brahman, and my joints are all shaken up by this eternal running after wild animals, so that I can't move. Please be good to me. Let us have a rest for just one day. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2_3) - [Next: 2.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3b1) - [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.2.15) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p31) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p12) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.67) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.67) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2_4) · Pramāṇa