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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.6

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.6)

gāhantāṃ mahiṣā nipānasalilaṃ śṛṅgair muhus tāḍitam  
chāyābaddhakadambakaṃ mṛgakulaṃ romantham abhyasyatu /  
viśrabdhaṃ kriyatāṃ vahāratatibhir mustākṣatiḥ palvale  
viśrāmaṃ labhatām idaṃ ca śithitalajyābandham asmaddhanuḥ //  
senāpati yat prabhaviṣṇave rocate /

> General. Yes, your Majesty.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.39) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p82) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p33) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.2.p6) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.72) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.72) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.24.1) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951.c5.s1.t1.559) — P. V. Kane, English

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