[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) › 5.28 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.28 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.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. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > 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? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.28b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.28b1) - [Next: 5.29b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.29b1) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.146) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p119) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.174) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.41.14) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.28) · Pramāṇa