The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.67.15

1.67.15

śakuntalovāca |
yadi dharmapathastveṣa yadi cātmā prabhurmama |
pradāne pauravaśreṣṭha śṛṇu me samayaṃ prabho || 15 ||

"Sakuntala, having listened to all this, answered, 'If this be the course sanctioned by religion, if, indeed, I am my own disposer, hear, O thou foremost one of Puru's race, what my terms are. Promise truly to give me what I ask thee. The son that shall be begotten on me shall become thy heir-apparent. This, O king, is my fixed resolve. O Dushmanta, if thou grant this, then let our union take place.'