[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) › 1.7 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.7 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.7) grīvābhaṅgābhirāmaṃ muhur anupatati syandane dattadṛṣṭiḥ paścārdhena praviṣṭaḥ śarapatanabhayād bhūyasā pūrvakāyam / darbhair ardhāvalīḍhaiḥ śramavivṛtamukhabhraṃśibhiḥ kīrṇavartmā paśyodagraplutatvād viyati bahutaraṃ stokam urvyāṃ prayāti // (savismayam) tad eṣa katham anupatata eva me prayatnaprekṣaṇīyaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / sūtaḥ āyuṣmann udghātinī bhūmir iti mayā raśmisaṃyamanād rathasya mandīkṛto vegaḥ / tena mṛga eṣa viprakṛṣṭāntaraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / saṃprati samadeśavartinas te na durāsado bhaviṣyati / rājā tena hi mucyantām abhīṣavaḥ / > His neck in beauty bends > As backward looks he sends > At my pursuing car > That threatens death from far. > Fear shrinks to half the body small; > See how he fears the arrow's fall! The path he takes is strewed > With blades of grass half-chewed > From jaws wide with the stress > Of fevered weariness. > He leaps so often and so high, > He does not seem to run, but fly. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > (In surprise.) Pursue as I may, I can hardly keep him in sight. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Charioteer. Your Majesty, I have been holding the horses back because the ground was rough. This checked us and gave the deer a lead. Now we are on level ground, and you will easily overtake him. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Then let the reins hang loose. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.7b1) - [Next: 1.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.8b1) - [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.1.5) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p9) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p5) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.22) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.7) · Pramāṇa