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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.10

Devanāgarī recension 7.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.10)

upoḍhaśabdā na rathāṅganemayaḥ pravartamānaṃ na ca dṛśyate rajaḥ /  
abhūtalasparśanatayāniruddhatas tavāvatīrṇo 'pi ratho na lakṣyate //  
mātali etāvān eva śatakrator āyuṣmataś ca viśeṣaḥ /  
rājā mātale katamasmin pradeśe mārīcāśramaḥ /

> The wheels are mute on whirling rim;  
> Unstirred, the dust is lying there;  
> We do not bump the earth, but skim:  
> Still, still we seem to fly through air.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> Matali. Such is the glory of the chariot which obeys you and Indra.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

> King. In which direction lies the hermitage of Marichi's son?  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.30) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p55) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p21) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

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