( 11 ) वयमपि कवयः कवयः कवयोऽपि च कालिदासाद्याः । दृषदो भवन्ति दृषदश्चिन्तामणयोऽपि हा दृषदः ॥ --'Would'st thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed enraptured, feasted, fed, 'Would'st thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine, I name thee, O Shakuntala, and all at once is said. -Goethe (Great German Philosopher) • Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India -Sir Williams Jones. "No composition of Kalidas displays more the richness of his poetical geuius, the exhuberance of his imagination, the warmth and play of his fancy, his profound knowledge of the human heart, his delicate appreciation of its merits, refined and tender imagination, his familiarity of the workings and counter workings of its conflicting feelings, in short, more entitles him to rank as the Shakespeare of India ( than Shakuntala ). " -Sir Monier Williams.
