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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.6

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.6)

kṛṣṇasāre dadac cakṣus tvayi cādhijyakārmuke /  
mṛgānusāriṇaṃ sākṣāt paśyāmīva+pinākinam //

> I see you hunt the spotted deer  
> With shafts to end his race,  
> As though God Shiva should appear  
> In his immortal chase.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (2)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.3) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p6) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English

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