[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) › 4.2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.2) yāty ekato 'staśikharaṃ patir oṣadhīnām āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsara ekato 'rkaḥ / tejodvayasya yugapadvyasanodayābhyām loko niyamyata ivātmadaśāntareṣu // > The moon behind the western mount is sinking; > The eastern sun is heralded by dawn; > From heaven's twin lights, their fall and glory linking, > Brave lessons of submission may be drawn. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.2b1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.36) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p7) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.124) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.2) · Pramāṇa