[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) › 3.23b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.23b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.23b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23b1) rājā (pūrvasthānam upetya / saniḥśvāsam) aho vighnavatyaḥ prāthitārthasiddhayaḥ / mahā hi > King (advancing with a sigh.) The path to happiness is strewn with obstacles. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.22a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.22a1) - [Next: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23) - [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.3.178) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p226) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.3.p154) — 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 (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.1280) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.24) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.23b1) · Pramāṇa