[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) › 7.8 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.8 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.8) śailānām avarohatīva śikharād unmajjatāṃ medinī parṇābhyantaralīnatāṃ vijahati skandhodayāt pādapāḥ / saṃtānais tanubhāvanaṣṭasalilā vyaktiṃ bhajanty āpagāḥ kenāpy utkṣipateva paṣya bhuvanaṃ matpārśvam ānīyate // mātali sādhu dṛṣṭam / (sabahumānam avalokya) aho udāraramaṇīyā pṛthivī / rājā mātale katamo 'yaṃ pūrvāparasamudrāvagāḍhaḥ kanakarasanisyandī sāṃdhya meghaparighaḥ sānumān ālokyate / > The plains appear to melt and fall > From mountain peaks that grow more tall; > The trunks of trees no longer hide > Nor in their leafy nests abide; > The river network now is clear, > For smaller streams at last appear: > It seems as if some being threw > The world to me, for clearer view. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Matali. You are a good observer, O King. (He looks down, awe-struck.) There is a noble loveliness in the earth. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King. Matali, what mountain is this, its flanks sinking into the eastern and into the western sea? It drips liquid gold like a cloud at sunset. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.8b1) - [Next: 7.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.9b1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (4) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.22) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p38) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p15) — Sir William Jones 1789, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p3) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.8) · Pramāṇa