[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) › 3.2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 3.2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.2) jāne tapaso vīryaṃ sā bālā paravatīti me viditam / alam asmi tato hṛdayaṃ tathāpi nedaṃ nivartayitum // (madanabādhāṃ nirūpya) bhagavan kusumāyudha tvayā candramasā ca viśvasanīyābhyām atisaṃdhīyate kāmijanasārthaḥ / kutaḥ / > I know that stern religion's power > Keeps guardian watch my maiden o’er; > Yet all my heart flows straight to her > Like water to the valley-floor. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Oh, mighty Love, thine arrows are made of flowers. How can they be so sharp? (He recalls something.) Ah, I understand. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Indeed, the moon and thou inspire confidence, only to deceive the host of lovers. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 3.1a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.1a6) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.3.6) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.3.p4) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.90) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.90) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.3.1-2) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.3.2) · Pramāṇa