[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) › 1.14 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.14 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.14) nīvārāḥ śukagarbhakoṭaramukhabhraṣṭās tarūṇām adhaḥ prasnigdhāḥ kvacid iṅgudīphālabhidaḥ sūcyanta evopalāḥ / viśvāsopagamād abhinnagatayaḥ śabdaṃ sahante mṛgās toyādhārapathāś ca valkalaśikhāniṣyandarekhāṅkitāḥ // kulyāmbhobhiḥ pavanacapalaiḥ śākhino dhautamūlā bhinno rāgaḥ kisalayarucām ājyadhūmodgamena / ete cārvāgupavanabhuvi chinnadarbhāṅkurāyām naṣṭāṃśakā hariṇaśiśavo mandamandaṃ caranti // sūta sarvam upapannam / rājā (stokam antaraṃ gatvā) tapovananivāsinām uparodho mā bhūt / etāvaty eva rathaṃ sthāpaya yāvad avatarāmi / sūta dhṛtāḥ pragrahāḥ / avataratv āyuṣmān / rājā (avatīrya) sūta vinītaveṣeṇa praveṣṭavyāni tapovanāni nāma / idaṃ tāvad gṛhyatām / (iti sūtasyābharaṇāni dhanuś copanīyārpayati) sūta yāvad āśramavāsinaḥ pratyavekṣyāham upāvarte tāvad ārdrapṛṣṭhāḥ kriyantāṃ vājinaḥ / > Are rice-grains, dropped from bills of parrot chicks > Beneath the trees; and pounding-stones where sticks > A little almond-oil; and trustful deer > That do not run away as we draw near; > And river-paths that are besprinkled yet > From trickling hermit-garments, clean and wet. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Besides, > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The roots of trees are washed by many a stream > That breezes ruffle; and the flowers' red gleam > Is dimmed by pious smoke; and fearless fawns > Move softly on the close-cropped forest lawns. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Charioteer. It is all true. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (after a little). We must not disturb the hermitage. Stop here while I dismount. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Charioteer. I am holding the reins. Dismount, your Majesty. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (dismounts and looks at himself). One should wear modest garments on entering a hermitage. Take these jewels and the bow. (He gives them to the charioteer.) Before \[paragraph continues\] I return from my visit to the hermits, have the horses' backs wet down. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.14b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.14b1) - [Next: 1.14a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.14a5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.32) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p73) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p29) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.14) · Pramāṇa