[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) › 6.3b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.3b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.3b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3b1) dvitīyā akathite 'py etat saṃpadyate yata ekam eva nau jīvītaṃ dvidhāsthitaṃ śarīram / (sakhīm avalambya sthitā cūtāṅkuraṃ gṛhṇāti) > Second maid. That goes without saying, dear. We two are one. (She leans on her friend and takes the mango-blossom.) Oh, see! The mango-blossom hasn't opened, but it has broken the sheath, so it is fragrant. (She brings her hands together.) I worship mighty Love, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.2a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.2a2) - [Next: 6.3b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3b2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.51) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p24) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p55) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.3b1) · Pramāṇa