[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) › 1.30 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.30 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30) tīvrāghātapratihatataruskandhalagnaikadantaḥ pādākṛṣṭavratativalayāsaṅgasaṃjātapāśaḥ / mūrto vighnas tapasa iva no bhinnasāraṅgayūtho dharmāraṇyaṃ praviśati gajaḥ syandanālokabhītaḥ // (sarvāḥ karṇaṃ dattvā kiṃcid iva saṃbhrāntāḥ) rājā (ātmagatam) aho dhik paurā asmadanveṣiṇas tapovanam uparundhanti / bhavatu / pratigamiṣyāmas tāvat / sakhyau ārya anenāraṇyakavṛttāntena paryākulāḥ smaḥ / anujānīhi na uṭajagamanāya / rājā (sasaṃbhramam) gacchantu bhavatyaḥ / vayam apy āśramapīḍā yathā na bhavati tathā prayatiṣyāmahe / > King (aside). Alas! My soldiers are disturbing the pious grove in their search for me. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The voice behind the scenes. Hermits! Hermits! Here is an elephant who is terrifying old men, women, and children. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > One tusk is splintered by a cruel blow > Against a blocking tree; his gait is slow, > For countless fettering vines impede and cling; > He puts the deer to flight; some evil thing > He seems, that comes our peaceful life to mar, > Fleeing in terror from the royal car. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (The girls listen and rise anxiously.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. I have offended sadly against the hermits. I must go back. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two friends. Your Honour, we are frightened by this alarm of the elephant. Permit us to return to the cottage. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. You must go very slowly. And I will take pains that the hermitage is not disturbed. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: p31903](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.p31903) - [Next: 1.30a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30a5) - [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.1.164) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p317) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p153) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30) · Pramāṇa