[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) › 2.4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] (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? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Bhadrasena, my enthusiasm is broken. Madhavya has been preaching against hunting. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > 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: > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.4b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.4b1) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.32) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p67) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p29) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.69) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.69) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.23.2) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.5) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.4) · Pramāṇa