The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.9

1.9

yad āloke sūkṣmaṃ vrajati sahasā tadvipulatām
yad ardhe vicchinnaṃ bhavati kṛtasaṃdhānam iva tat /
prakṛṣtyā yad vakraṃ tad api samarekhaṃ nayanayor
na me dūre kiṃcit kṣaṇam api na pārśve rathajavāt //
sūta paśya enaṃ vyāpadyamānam / (iti śarasaṃdhānaṃ nāṭayati)
(nepathye)
bho bho rājann āśramamṛgo 'yaṃ na hanvavyo na hantavyaḥ /
sūta (ākarṇyāvalokya ca) āyuṣmann asya khalu te bāṇapātavartinaḥ kṛṣṭasārasyāntare tapasvina upasthitāḥ /

As onward and onward the chariot flies,
The small flashes large to my dizzy eyes.
What is cleft in twain, seems to blur and mate;
What is crooked in nature, seems to be straight.
Things at my side in an instant appear
Distant, and things in the distance, near.

A voice behind the scenes. O King, this deer belongs to the hermitage, and must not be killed.

Charioteer (listening and looking). Your Majesty, here are two hermits, come to save the deer at the moment when your arrow was about to fall.