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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.9b1

Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.9b1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.9b1)

rājā satyam / atītya harito harīṃś ca vartante vājinaḥ / tathā hi /

> King (joyfully). See! The horses are gaining on the deer.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.11) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p21) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p8) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.25) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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