"I myself know that this boy is my son. If I had accepted him as my son at Shakuntala's words, my people would have been suspicious and my son also would not have been considered to be pure (of pure birth).”
अहं चाप्येवमेवैनं जानामि स्वयमात्मजम्। यद्यहं वचनादस्या गृह्णीयामि ममात्मजम्॥ भवेद्धि शङ्कयो लोकस्य नैव शुद्धो भवेदयम्।