The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.4

2.4

anavaratadhanur jyāsphālanakrūrapūrva ravikiraṇasahiṣṇu svedaleśair abhinam /
apacitam api gātraṃ vyāyatatvād alakṣyaṃ giricara iva nāgaḥ prāṇasāraṃ bibharti //
(upetya) jayatu jayatu svāmī / gṛhītaśvāpadam araṇyam / kim anyatrāvasthīyate /
rājā mandotsāhaḥ kṛto 'smi mṛgayāpavādinā mādhavyena /
senāpati (janāntikam) sakhe sthirapratibandho bhava / ahaṃ tāvat svāminaś cittavṛttim anuvartiṣye / (prakāśam) pralapatv eṣa vaidheyaḥ / nanu prabhur eva nidarśanam /

He does not heed the cruel sting
Of his recoiling, twanging string;
The mid-day sun, the dripping sweat
Affect him not, nor make him fret;
His form, though sinewy and spare,
Is most symmetrically fair;
No mountain-elephant could be
More filled with vital strength than he.

[paragraph continues] (He approaches.) Victory to your Majesty! The forest is full of deer-tracks, and beasts of prey cannot be far off. What better occupation could we have?

King. Bhadrasena, my enthusiasm is broken. Madhavya has been preaching against hunting.

General (aside to the clown). Stick to it, friend Madhavya. I will humour the king a moment. (Aloud.) Your Majesty, he is a chattering idiot. Your Majesty may judge by his own case whether hunting is an evil. Consider: