The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.6

7.6

trisrotasaṃ vahati yo gaganapratiṣṭhām
jyotīṃṣi vartayati ca pravibhaktaraśmiḥ /
tasya dvitīyaharivikramanistamaskam
vāyor imaṃ parivahasya vadanti mārgam //
rājā mātale ataḥ khalu sabāhyāntaḥkaraṇo mamāntarātmā prasīdati / (rathāṅgam avalokya) meghapadavīm avatīrṇau svaḥ /
mātali katham avagamyate /

It is the windpath sanctified
By holy Vishnu's second stride;
Which, freed from dust of passion, ever
Upholds the threefold heavenly river;
And, driving them with reins of light,
Guides the stars in wheeling flight.

King. That is why serenity pervades me, body and soul. (He observes the path taken by the chariot.) It seems that we have descended into the region of the clouds.

Matali. How do you perceive it?