[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) › 2.1b2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.1b2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.1b2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b2) vidūṣaka (niḥśvasya) bho disṭam / etasya mṛgayāśīlasya rājño vayasyabhāvena nirviṇṇo 'smi / ayaṃ mṛgo 'yaṃ vahāro 'yaṃ śārdūla iti madhyāhne 'pi grīṣmaviralapādapachāyāsu vanarājiṣv āhiṇḍayate aṭatīto 'ṭavī / patrasaṃkarakaṣāyāṇi kaduṣṇāni girinadījalāni pīyante / aniyatavelaṃ śūlyamāṃsabhūyiṣṭha āhāro bhujyate / turagānudhāvanakaṇḍitasaṃdhe rātrāv api nikāmaṃ śayitavyaṃ nāsti / tato mahaty eva pratyūṣe dāsyāḥ putraiḥ śakunilubdhakair vanagrahaṇakolāhalena pratibodhito 'smi / iyatedānīm api pīḍā na kiṣkrāmati / tato gaṇḍasyopari piṇḍakaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / hyaḥ kilāsmāsv avahīneṣu tatra bhavato mṛgānusāreṇāśramapadaṃ praviṣṭasya tāpasakanyakā śakuntalā mamādhanyatayā darśitā / sāṃprataṃ nagaragamanāya manaḥ katham api na karoti / adya api tasya tām eva cintayato 'kṣṇoḥ prabhātam āsīt / kā gatiḥ / yāvat taṃ kṛtācāraparikramaṃ paśyāmi / (iti parikramyāvalokya ca) > Clown (sighing). Damn! Damn! Damn! I'm tired of being friends with this sporting king. "There's a deer!" he shouts, "There's a boar!" And off he chases on a summer noon through woods where shade is few and far between. We drink hot, stinking water from the mountain streams, flavoured with leaves--nasty! At odd times we get a little tepid meat to eat. And the horses and the elephants make such a noise that I can't even be comfortable at night. Then the hunters and the bird-chasers--damn ’em--wake me up bright and early. They do make an ear-splitting rumpus when they start for the woods. But even that isn't the whole misery. There's a new pimple growing on the old boil. He left us behind and went hunting a deer. And there in a hermitage they say he found--oh, dear! oh, dear! he found a hermit-girl named Shakuntala. Since then he hasn't a thought of going back to town. I lay awake all night, thinking about it. What can I do? Well, I'll see my friend when he is dressed and beautified. (He walks and looks about.) Hello! Here he comes, with his bow in his hand, and his girl in his heart. He is wearing a wreath of wild flowers! I'll pretend to be all knocked up. Perhaps I can get a rest that way. (He stands, leaning on his stag. Enter the king, as described.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b1) - [Next: 2.1b3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.2) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p3) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.62) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.1b2) · Pramāṇa