The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.14b1

7.14b1

rājā (karṇaṃ dattvā) abhūmir iyam avinayasya / ko nu khalv eṣa niṣidhyate / (śabdānusāreṇāvalokya / savismayam) aye ko nu khalv ayam anubadhyamānas tapasvinībhyām abālasattvo bālaḥ /

King (listening). No naughtiness could feel at home in this spot. Who draws such a rebuke upon himself? (He looks towards the sound. In surprise.) It is a child, but no child in strength. And two hermit-women are trying to control him.