कण्व: कुमारस्य वने चक्रे समुचिता: क्रिया: । बद्ध्वा मृगेन्द्रंतरसा क्रीडति स्म स बालक: ॥ १८ ॥
kanvah kumarasya vane cakre samucitah kriyah baddhva mrgendram tarasa kridati sma sa balakah
- kanvah
- Kanva Muni
- kumarasya
- of the son born of Sakuntala
- vane
- in the forest
- cakre
- executed
- samucitah
- prescribed
- kriyah
- ritualistic ceremonies
- baddhva
- capturing
- mrga-indram
- a lion
- tarasa
- by force
- kridati
- playing
- sma
- in the past
- sah
- he
- balakah
- the child.
In the forest, Kanva Muni performed all the ritualistic ceremonies concerning the newborn child. Later, the boy became so powerful that he would capture a lion and play with it.