[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) › 5.2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2) ramyāṇi vīkṣya madhurāṃś ca niśamya śabdān paryutsuko bhavati yat sukhito 'pi jantuḥ / tac cetasā smarati nūnam abodhapūrvaṃ bhāvasthirāṇi jananāntarasauhṛdāni // (iti paryākulas tiṣṭhati) (tataḥ praviśati kañcukī) > In face of sweet presentment > Or harmonies of sound, > Man e’er forgets contentment, > By wistful longings bound. There must be recollections > Of things not seen on earth, > Deep nature's predilections, > Loves earlier than birth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] (He shows the wistfulness that comes from unremembered things.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2b1) - [Next: 5.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.3b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.34) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p26) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p26) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.148) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.148) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.128.6) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.1064) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5715) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.2) · Pramāṇa