[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) › [Abhijnanasakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 2.5 # Abhijnanasakuntalam 2.5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.5) medaśchedakṛśodaraṃ laghu bhavaty utthānayogyaṃ vapuḥ sattvānām api lakṣyate vikṛtimac cittaṃ bhayakrodhayoḥ / utkarṣaḥ sa ca dhanvināṃ yad iṣavaḥ sidhyanti lakṣye cale mithyā eva vyasanaṃ vadanti mṛgayām īdṛg vinodaḥ kutaḥ // vidu apehi re utsāhahetuka / atrabhavān prakṛtim āpannaḥ / tvaṃ tāvad aṭavīto 'ṭavīm āhiṇḍamāno naranāsikālolupasya jīrṇaṛkṣasya kasya api mukhe patiṣyasi / > The hunter's form grows sinewy, strong, and light; > He learns, from beasts of prey, how wrath and fright > Affect the mind; his skill he loves to measure > With moving targets. ’Tis life's chiefest pleasure. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown (angrily). Get out! Get out with your strenuous life! The king has come to his senses. But you, you son of a slave-wench, can go chasing from forest to forest, till you fall into the jaws of some old bear that is looking for a deer or a jackal. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.4) - [Next: 2.6b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.6b1) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.36) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p81) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p31) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.2.p6) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.26.109) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.5) · Pramāṇa