[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) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 7.4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.4 Devanāgarī recension 7.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4) sidhyanti karmasu mahatv api yan niyojyāḥ saṃbhāvanāguṇam avehi tam īśvarāṇām / kiṃ vābhaviṣyadaruṇas tamasāṃ vibhettā taṃ cet sahasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat // > All servants owe success in enterprise > To honour paid before the great deed's done; > Could dawn defeat the darkness otherwise > Than resting on the chariot of the sun? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.4b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4b1) - [Next: 7.5b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.5b1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.10) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p16) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.4) · Pramāṇa