[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) › 7.11a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.11a6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.11a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.11a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.11a6) mātaliḥ saṃyantrito mayā rathaḥ / vayam apy avatarāmaḥ / > Matali. The chariot obeys the word of command. I too will descend. (He does so.) Before you, O King, are the groves where the holiest hermits lead their self-denying life. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.11a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.11a5) - [Next: 7.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.11_2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.40) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p29) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.11a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.11a6) · Pramāṇa