[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) › 7.6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.6 Devanāgarī recension 7.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.6) trisrotasaṃ vahati yo gaganapratiṣṭhām jyotīṃṣi vartayati ca pravibhaktaraśmiḥ / tasya dvitīyaharivikramanistamaskam vāyor imaṃ parivahasya vadanti mārgam // rājā mātale ataḥ khalu sabāhyāntaḥkaraṇo mamāntarātmā prasīdati / (rathāṅgam avalokya) meghapadavīm avatīrṇau svaḥ / mātali katham avagamyate / > It is the windpath sanctified > By holy Vishnu's second stride; > Which, freed from dust of passion, ever > Upholds the threefold heavenly river; > And, driving them with reins of light, > Guides the stars in wheeling flight. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. That is why serenity pervades me, body and soul. (He observes the path taken by the chariot.) It seems that we have descended into the region of the clouds. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. How do you perceive it? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.6b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.6b1) - [Next: 7.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.7b1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.15) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p25) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p10) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.6) · Pramāṇa