[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) › 3.18 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.18 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.18) parigrahabahutve 'pi dve pratiṣṭhe kulasya me / samudrarasanā corvī sakhī ca yuvayor iyam // ubhe nirvṛte svaḥ / pri (sadṛṣṭikṣepam) anasūye eṣa itodattadṛṣṭir utsuko mṛgapotako mātaram anviṣyati / ehi / saṃyojayāva enam / (ity ubhe prasthite) śaku halā aśaraṇāsmi / anyatarā yuvayor āgacchatu / ubhe pṛthivyāḥ yaḥ śaraṇaṃ sa tava samīpe vartate / (iti niṣkrānte) > Though many queens divide my court, > But two support the throne; > Your friend will find a rival in > The sea-girt earth alone. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two friends. We are content. (SHAKUNTALA betrays her joy.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Anusuya (looking out of the arbour). Priyamvada, there is a little fawn, looking all about him. He has probably lost his mother and is trying to find her. I am going to help him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Priyamvada. He is a frisky little fellow. You can't catch him alone. I'll go with you. (They start to go.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Shakuntala. I will not let you go and leave me alone. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two friends (smiling). You alone, when the king of the world is with you! (Exeunt.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.18b1) - [Next: 3.18a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.18a5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.93) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p70) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.3.p14) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.111) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.18) · Pramāṇa