Text 22] The Dynasty of Piru 103

rather, the diseased person requires the treatment of not being supplied
with food. In Bhagavad-gita (7.10) the Lord also says, bijarh mam sarva-
bhiitanam: “I am the seed of all living entities.” A particular type of
seed is sown within the earth, and then a particular type of tree or plant
comes out. The mother resembles the earth, and when a particular type
of seed is sown by the father, a particular type of body takes birth.

TEXT 22

Tate: gat aft ae TTT |
ea AT Ta TART ACTA THATS (RR

reto-dhah putro nayati
naradeva yama-ksayat

tvam cadsya dhata garbhasya
satyam Gha sakuntala

retah-dhah—a person who discharges semen; putrah—the son;
nayati—saves; nara-deva—O King (Maharaja Dusmanta); yama-
ksayat—from punishment by Yamaraja, or from the custody of
Yamaraja; tvam—your good self; ca—and; asya—of this child; dhata—
the creator; garbhasya—of the embryo; satyam—truthfully; aha—
said; sakuntala—your wife, Sakuntala.

TRANSLATION

O King Dusmanta, he who discharges semen is the actual father,
and his son saves him from the custody of Yamaraja. You are the
actual procreator of this child. Indeed, Sakuntala is speaking the
truth.

PURPORT

Upon hearing the omen, Maharaja Dusmanta accepted his wife and
child. According to Vedic smrti:

pun-namno narakad yasmat
pitaram trayate sutah
