[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) › 2.6b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.6b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.6b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.6b1) rā bhadra senāpate āśramasaṃnikṛṣṭe sthitāḥ smaḥ / atas te vaco nābhinandāmi / adya tāvat / > King. Bhadrasena, I cannot take your advice, because I am in the vicinity of a hermitage. So for to-day The hornèd buffalo may shake The turbid water of the lake; Shade-seeking deer may chew the cud, Boars trample swamp-grass in the mud; The bow I bend in hunting, may Enjoy a listless holiday. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.5) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.6) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.38) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p32) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.6) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.6b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.6b1) · Pramāṇa