[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) › 1.9 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.9 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > A voice behind the scenes. O King, this deer belongs to the hermitage, and must not be killed. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > 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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.9b1) - [Next: 1.9a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.9a5) - [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.1.12) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p23) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p9) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.9) · Pramāṇa