रेतोधा: पुत्रो नयति नरदेव यमक्षयात् । त्वं चास्य धाता गर्भस्य सत्यमाह शकुन्तला ॥ २२ ॥
reto-dhah putro nayati naradeva yama-ksayat tvam casya dhata garbhasya satyam aha sakuntala
- retah-dhah
- a person who discharges semen
- putrah
- the son
- nayati
- saves
- nara-deva
- O King (Maharaja Dusmanta)
- yama-ksayat
- from punishment by Yamaraja, or from the custody of Yamaraja
- tvam
- your good self
- ca
- and
- asya
- of this child
- dhata
- the creator
- garbhasya
- of the embryo
- satyam
- truthfully
- aha
- said
- sakuntala
- your wife, Sakuntala.
O King Dusmanta, he who discharges semen is the actual father, and his son saves him from the custody of Yamaraja. You are the actual procreator of this child. Indeed, Sakuntala is speaking the truth.