Text 21] The Dynasty of Paru 101

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Ta A ATE Ta arate |
qoqat aaa Se ATTA 112011

yada na jagrhe raja
bharyd-putrdv aninditau
Srnvatam sarva-bhitanam

khe vag ahaSaririni

yadai—when; na—not; jagrhe—accepted; rajad—the King
(Dusmanta); bhdryd-putrau—his real son and real wife; aninditau—not
abominable, not accused by anyone; srnvatam—while hearing; sarva-
bhiitandm—all the people; khe—in the sky; vék—a sound vibration;
aGha—declared; aSaririni—without a body.

TRANSLATION

When the King refused to accept his wife and son, who were
both irreproachable, an unembodied voice spoke from the sky as
an omen and was heard by everyone present.

PURPORT

Maharaja Dusmanta knew that Sakuntala and the boy were his own
wife and son, but because they came from outside and were unknown to
the citizens, he at first declined to accept them. Sakuntala, however, was
so chaste that an omen from the sky declared the truth so that others
could hear. When everyone heard from the omen that Sakuntala and her
child were truly the King’s wife and son, the King gladly accepted them.

TEXT 21
HUA AAT FAT: GAT A GTA: TT TE |
Wa TA THT MAAS: WHATATT 12211

mata bhastrd pituh putro
yena jatah sa eva sah
