O king, O Dushyanta, therefore, cherish your this son, born of Shakuntala. To forsake one's own son and to live thereafter is a great misfortune.
तस्माद् भरस्व दुष्यन्त पुत्रं शाकुन्तलं नृप। अभूतिरेषा यत् त्यक्त्वा जीवेजीवन्तमात्मजम्॥