The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.28

5.28

kumudāny eva śaśāṅkaḥ savitā bodhayati paṅkajāny eva /
vaśināṃ hi paraparigrahasaṃśleṣaparāṅmukhī vṛttiḥ //
śārṅg yadā tu pūrvavṛttam anyasaṅgād vismṛto bhavāṃs tadā katham adharmabhīruḥ /

Night-blossoms open to the moon,
Day-blossoms to the sun;
A man of honour ever strives
Another's wife to shun.

Sharngarava. O King, suppose you had forgotten your former actions in the midst of distractions. Should you now desert your wife--you who fear to fail in virtue?