[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) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 7.11 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.11 Devanāgarī recension 7.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11) valmīkārdhanimagnamūrtir urasā saṃdaṣṭasarpatvacā kaṇṭhe jīrṇalatāpratānavalayenātyarthasaṃpīḍitaḥ / aṃsavyāpi śakuntanīḍanicitaṃ bibhrajjaṭāmaṇḍalam yatra sthāṇur ivācalo munir asāv abhyarkabimbaṃ sthitaḥ // rājā namas te kaṣṭatapase / mātaliḥ (saṃyatapragrahaṃ rathaṃ kṛtvā) etāv aditiparivardhitamandāravṛkṣaṃ prajāpater āśramaṃ praviṣṭau svaḥ / rājā svargād adhikataraṃ nirvṛtisthānam amṛtahradam ivāvagāḍho 'smi / mātaliḥ (rathaṃ sthāpayitvā) avataratv āyuṣmān / > Where stands the hermit, horridly austere, > Whom clinging vines are choking, tough and sere; > Half-buried in an ant-hill that has grown > About him, standing post-like and alone; > Sun-staring with dim eyes that know no rest, > The dead skin of a serpent on his breast: > So long he stood unmoved, insensate there > That birds build nests within his mat of hair. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (gazing). All honour to one who mortifies the flesh so terribly. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali (checking the chariot). We have entered the hermitage of the ancient sage, whose wife Aditi tends the coral-trees. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Here is deeper contentment than in heaven. I seem plunged in a pool of nectar. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali (stopping the chariot). Descend, O King. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11b1) - [Next: 7.11a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11a5) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.34) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p24) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.6.710) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.11) · Pramāṇa