[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) › 2.2b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.2b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.2b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2b1) (smitaṃ kṛtvā) evam ātmābhiprāyasaṃbhāviteṣṭajanacittavṛttiḥ prārthitā viḍambyate / > \[paragraph continues\] (Smiling.) Thus does a lover deceive himself. He judges his love's feelings by his own desires. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2) - [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.2.5) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p11) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.2.p3) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.65) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.65) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.2b1) · Pramāṇa