Vaishampayana said : Having said all this to the king, Shakuntala turned her back. Thereupon a voice from the sky, coming from one who had no visible shape, addressed Dushyanta who was sitting, surrounded by his ministers, priests and Ritvikas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एतावदुक्त्वा राजानं प्रातिष्ठत शकुन्तला। अथान्तरिक्षाद् दुष्यन्तं वागुवाचाशरीरिणी॥ ऋत्विक्पुरोहिताचार्यैर्मन्त्रिभिश्च वृतं तदा।