माता भस्त्रा पितु: पुत्रो येन जात: स एव स: । भरस्व पुत्रं दुष्मन्त मावमंस्था: शकुन्तलाम् ॥ २१ ॥
mata bhastra pituh putro yena jatah sa eva sah bharasva putram dusmanta mavamamsthah sakuntalam
- mata
- the mother
- bhastra
- just like the skin of a bellows containing air
- pituh
- of the father
- putrah
- the son
- yena
- by whom
- jatah
- one is born
- sah
- the father
- eva
- indeed
- sah
- the son
- bharasva
- just maintain
- putram
- your son
- dusmanta
- O Maharaja Dusmanta
- ma
- do not
- avamamsthah
- insult
- sakuntalam
- Sakuntala.
The voice said: O Maharaja Dusmanta, a son actually belongs to his father, whereas the mother is only a container, like the skin of a bellows. According to Vedic injunctions, the father is born as the son. Therefore, maintain your own son and do not insult Sakuntala.