[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) › [Abhijnanasakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 2.3 # Abhijnanasakuntalam 2.3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3) na namayitum adhijyam asmi śakto dhanur idam āhitasāyakaṃ mṛgeṣu / sahavasatim upetya yaiḥ priyāyāḥ kṛta iva mugdhavilokopadeśaḥ // vidu (rājño mukhaṃ vilokya) atrabhavān kim api hṛdaye kṛtvā mantrayate / araṇye mayā ruditam āsīt / rā (sasmitam) kim anyat / anatikramaṇīyaṃ me suhṛdvākyam iti sthito 'smi / vidu ciraṃ jīva / (iti gantum ichati) rā vayasya tiṣṭha / sāvaśeṣaṃ me vacaḥ / > The bow is strung, its arrow near; > And yet I cannot bend > That bow against the fawns who share > Soft glances with their friend. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown (observing the king). He means more than he says. I might as well weep in the woods. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (smiling). What more could I mean? I have been thinking that I ought to take my friend's advice. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown (cheerfully). Long life to you, then. (He unstiffens.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Wait. Hear me out. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3b1) - [Next: 2.3a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3a5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.17) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p35) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p14) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.2.p4) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3) · Pramāṇa