(It said), “O Dushyanta, the mother is but a sheath of flesh (within which the son dwells). The son, sprung from the father, is the father himself. Therefore, cherish your son and do not insult Shakuntala. O best of men, the son begotten by one's own self, rescues him from the abode of Yama. You are the father of this son. Shakuntala has spoken the truth. The husband divides his body in two parts and is born in the womb of his wife as the son.
भस्त्रा माता पितुः पुत्रो येन जातः स एव सः॥ भरस्व पुत्रं दुष्यन्त मावमंस्थाः शकुन्तलाम्। रेतोधाः पुत्र उन्नयति नरदेव यमक्षयात्॥ त्वं चास्य धाता गर्भस्य सत्यमाह शकुन्तला। जाया जनयते पुत्रमात्मनोऽङ्गं द्विधा कृतम्॥