Vaishampayana said : When Dushyanta went away from the hermitage, making the (above) promises to Shakuntala, she gave birth to a boy of immeasurable energy. When the child grew only three years old, he became in splendour as blazing as the blazing fire. O Janamejaya, he was endued with great beauty, magnanimity and all accomplishments.
वैशम्पायन उवाच प्रतिज्ञाय तु दुष्यन्ते प्रतियाते शकुन्तलाम्। गर्भं सुषाव वामोरू: कुमारममितौजसम्॥ त्रिषु वर्षेषु पूर्णेषु दीप्तानलसमद्युतिम्। रूपौदार्यगुणोपेतं दौष्यन्ति जनमेजय॥