100 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 20

kanvah kumarasya vane
cakre samucitah kriyah

baddhva mrgendram tarasa
kridati sma sa balakah

kanvah—Kanva Muni; kumdrasya—of the son born of Sakuntala;
vane—in the forest; cakre—executed; samucitah—prescribed;
kriyah—ritualistic ceremonies; baddhvé—capturing; mrga-indram—a
lion; tarasa—by force; kridati—playing; sma—in the past; sah—he;
bdlakah—the child.

TRANSLATION

In the forest, Kanva Muni performed all the ritualistic
ceremonies concerning the newborn child. Later, the boy became
so powerful that he would capture a lion and play with it.

TEXT 19

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tam duratyaya-vikrantam
Gdaya pramadottama

harer arhsamsa-sambhitam
bhartur antikam agamat

tam—him; duratyaya-vikrantam—whose strength was insurmount-
able; ddéya—taking with her; pramadd-uttama—the best of women,
Sakuntala; hareh—of God; amsa-arnsa-sambhitam—a partial ple-
nary incarnation; bhartuh antikam—unto her husband; agamat—ap-
proached.

TRANSLATION

Sakuntala, the best of beautiful women, along with her son,
whose strength was insurmountable and who was a partial expan-

sion of the Supreme Godhead, approached her husband,
Dusmanta.
