The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.19b1

7.19b1

rājā ākārasadṛśaṃ ceṣṭitam evāsya kathayati / sthānapratyayāt tu vayam evaṃ tarkiṇaḥ / (yathābhyarthitam anutiṣṭhan bālasparśam upalabhya / ātmagatam)

King. So it would seem, both from his looks and his actions. But in this spot, I had no suspicion of anything else. (He loosens the boy's hold on the cub, and touching him, says to himself.)