The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.19

7.19

anena kasya api kulāṅkureṇa spṛṣṭasya gātreṣu sukhaṃ mamaivam /
kāṃ nirvṛtiṃ cetasi tasya kuryād yasyāyam aṅkāt kṛtinaḥ prarūḍhaḥ //
tāpasī (ubhau nirvarṇya) āścaryam āścaryam /
rājā ārye kim iva /
tāpasī asya bālakasya te 'pi saṃvādiny ākṛtir iti vismitāsmi / aparicitasya api te 'pratilomaḥ saṃvṛtta iti /
rājā (bālakam upalālayan) na cen munikumāro 'yam atha ko 'sya vyapadeśaḥ /

It makes me thrill to touch the boy,
The stranger's son, to me unknown;
What measureless content must fill
The man who calls the child his own!

Hermit-woman (looking at the two). Wonderful! wonderful!

King. Why do you say that, mother?

Hermit-woman. I am astonished to see how much the boy looks like you, sir. You are not related. Besides, he is a perverse little creature and he does not know you. Yet he takes no dislike to you.

King (caressing the boy). Mother, if he is not the son of a hermit, what is his family?