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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.7a0

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.7a0

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7a0)

rā mādhavya anavāptacakṣuḥ phalo 'si / yena tvayā darśanīyaṃ na dṛṣṭam /

> King. Friend Madhavya, you do not know what vision is. You have not seen the fairest of all objects.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.49) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p103) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p43) — 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

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