[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) › 2.8 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.8 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.8) surayuvatisaṃbhavaṃ kila muner apatyaṃ tad ujjhitādhigatam / arkasyopari śithilaṃ cyutam iva navamālikākusumam // vidu )vihasya) yathā kasya api piṇḍakharjūrair udvejitasya tiṇḍyām (tintiṇyām) abhilāṣo bhavet tathā strīratnaparibhogiṇaḥ bhavata iyam abhyarthanā / rā na tāvad enāṃ paśyāmi yenaivam avādīḥ / vidu tat khalu ramaṇīyaṃ yad bhavato 'pi vismayam utpādayati / > Sprung from a nymph of heaven > Wanton and gay, > Who spurned the blessing given, > Going her way; By the stern hermit taken > In her most need: > So fell the blossom shaken, > Flower on a weed. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.8b1) - [Next: 2.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.9b1) - [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.2.58) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p115) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p49) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.8) · Pramāṇa