The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20a6_2

7.20a6_2

rājā (ātmagatam) kiṃ vā śakuntalā ity asyā mātur ākhyā / santi punar nāmadheyasādṛśyāni / api nāma mṛgatṛṣṭikeva nāmamātraprastāvo me viṣādāya kalpate /

Dushm. [Aside.] Is my Sacontalá then his mother? Or has that dear name been given to some other woman?—This conversation resembles the fallacious appearance of water in a desert, which ends in bitter disappointment to the stag parched with thirst.